ISBN Flann O'Brien The Complete Novels book English 778 pages

In the five novels by Ireland's greatest comic writer we can explore the full range of his invention, from the multi-layered madness ofAt Swim-Two-Birdsto the piercing realism ofThe Hard Lifeand the surreal logic ofThe Third Policeman.This is a world where bicycles listen to conversations, inventors search formethods 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 and cerebral -transformed by O'Brien's unique vision.