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The Third Policeman

By Flann O'Brien

The Third Policeman Contemporary literature

The Third Policeman

By Flann O'Brien

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The Third Policeman is Flann O'Brien's brilliantly dark comic novel about the nature of time, death, and existence. Told by a narrator who has committed a botched robbery and brutal murder, the novel follows him and his adventures in a two-dimensional police station where, through the theories of the scientist/philosopher de Selby, he is introduced to "Atomic Theory" and its relation to bicycles, the existence of eternity (which turns out to be just down the road), and de Selby's view that the earth is not round but "sausage-shaped." With the help of his newly found soul named "Joe, " he grapples with the riddles and contradictions that three eccentric policeman present to him. The last of O'Brien's novels to be published, The Third Policeman joins O'Brien's other fiction (At Swim-Two-Birds, The Poor Mouth, The Hard Life, and The Dalkey Archive) to ensure his place, along with James Joyce and Samuel Beckett, as one of Ireland's great comic geniuses.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
215
Release Date:
2024-08-06
Publication Date:
2024-08-06
Publisher:
Deep Vellum Publishing
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1628975776
ISBN13:
9781628975772
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
272 g
Height:
137 cm
Width:
212 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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