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Cool, comic, ironic and open-ended.
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- gravecomic
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- Author
- Flann O'Brien
- First published
- 1964
- Pages
- 222
- Publisher
- MacGibbon and Kee, Macmillan, Paladin
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781564781727
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Brian O'Nolan was an Irish novelist and satirist, best known for his novels At Swim-Two-Birds and The Third Policeman written under the nom de plume Flann O'Brien. He also wrote the novel An Béal Bocht as well as many satirical columns in the Irish Times under the name Myles na gCopaleen. He was born in Strabane, County Tyrone. Most of O'Nolan's writings were occasional pieces published in periodicals, which explains why his work has only recently come to enjoy the considered attention of literary scholars. O'Nolan was also notorious for his prolific use and creation of pseudonyms for much of his writing, including short stories, essays, and letters to editors, which has rendered a complete
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