Explore the latest books of this year!
Bookbot

The Complete Novels

Book rating

More about the book

In the five novels by Ireland's greatest comic writer, we can explore the full range of his invention, from the multi-layered madness of "At Swim-Two-Birds" to the piercing realism of "The Hard Life" and the surreal logic of "The Third Policeman". This is a world where bicycles listen to conversations, inventors search for methods of 'diluting' water, and characters play truant while novelists sleep; a world where spiteful fairies wreak havoc and heroes from legend blunder into suburban sitting-rooms. This is recognizably the Ireland of Joyce and Beckett - rowdy, high-spirited, by turns sensual and cerebral - transformed by O'Brien's unique vision.

Book purchase

The Complete Novels, Flann O. Brien

Language
Released
2008
product-detail.submit-box.info.binding
(Hardcover)
We’ll email you as soon as we track it down.

Payment methods

4.5
Very Good
293 Ratings

We’re missing your review here.

Title
The Complete Novels
Language
English
Publisher
Bantam Books
Released
2008
Format
Hardcover
ISBN10
0307267490
ISBN13
9780307267498
Series
Rating
4.45 out of 5
Description
In the five novels by Ireland's greatest comic writer, we can explore the full range of his invention, from the multi-layered madness of "At Swim-Two-Birds" to the piercing realism of "The Hard Life" and the surreal logic of "The Third Policeman". This is a world where bicycles listen to conversations, inventors search for methods of 'diluting' water, and characters play truant while novelists sleep; a world where spiteful fairies wreak havoc and heroes from legend blunder into suburban sitting-rooms. This is recognizably the Ireland of Joyce and Beckett - rowdy, high-spirited, by turns sensual and cerebral - transformed by O'Brien's unique vision.