by Flann O'Brien · Harpercollins Pub Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780586087497
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Dive into the surreal world of 'The Third Policeman' by Flann O'Brien, a novel that combines elements of thriller, satire, and fantasy. Join the protagonist on a journey through a distorted Irish landscape, where reality fades and the laws of physics are reversed. Meet the eccentric policemen of a remote barracks, obsessed with strange theories about bicycles and the molecular nature of all things. This masterpiece of Irish literature invites you to question the nature of existence and sanity, as you immerse yourself in a universe full of black humor and paradoxes.
Brian O'Nolan, whose pen names included Flann O'Brien, was an Irish Civil Service official, novelist, playwright and satirist, who is now considered a major figure in twentieth-century Irish literature. Born in Strabane, County Tyrone, he is regarded as a key figure in modernist and postmodern literature. His four English-language novels, At Swim-Two-Birds (1939), The Hard Life (1961), The Dalkey Archive (1964) and The Third Policeman (1967), were published under the pen name Flann O'Brien. His many satirical columns in The Irish Times and an Irish-language novel, An Béal Bocht (1941), were written under the name Myles na gCopaleen.
