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The third policeman : a novel / by Flann O'Brien ; introduction by Denis Donoghue.
- Title
- The third policeman : a novel / by Flann O'Brien ; introduction by Denis Donoghue.
- Author
- O'Brien, Flann, 1911-1966.
- Publication
- Normal, IL : Dalkey Archive Press, 1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PR6029.N56 T48 1999 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Donoghue, Denis
- Description
- xiii, 200 p.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- The Third Policeman is Flann O'Brien's 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 policemen present to him.
- Series Statement
- John F. Byrne Irish literature series
- Uniform Title
- John F. Byrne Irish literature series.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Humorous fiction
- Black humor
- Fiction
- Black humor (Literature)
- Humour noir.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. xiii).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 156478214X (acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- ^^^98052437^
- OCLC
- 40489146
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library