{"product_id":"the-third-policeman-paperback","title":"The Third Policeman - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFlann O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDenis Donoghue\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Third Policeman\u003c\/em\u003e is Flann O'Brien's brilliantly dark comic novel about the nature of time, death, and existence.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe last of O'Brien's novels to be published, \u003cem\u003eThe Third Policeman\u003c\/em\u003e joins O'Brien's other fiction (\u003cem\u003eAt Swim-Two-Birds, The Poor Mouth, The Hard Life, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Dalkey Archive\u003c\/em\u003e) to ensure his place, along with James Joyce and Samuel Beckett, as one of Ireland's great comic geniuses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlann O'Brien\u003c\/strong\u003e, whose real name was Brian O'Nolan, also wrote under the pen name of Myles na Gopaleen. He was born in 1911 in County Tyrone. A resident of Dublin, he graduated from University College after a brilliant career as a student (editing a magazine called Blather) and joined the Civil Service, in which he eventually attained a senior position. He wrote throughout his life, which ended in Dublin on April 1, 1966. His other novels include \u003cem\u003eThe Dalkey Archive, The Third Policeman, The Hard Life, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e The Poor Mouth\u003c\/em\u003e, all available from Dalkey Archive Press. Also available are three volumes of his newspaper columns: \u003cem\u003eThe Best of Myles, Further Cuttings from Cruiskeen Lawn, and At War\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDenis Donoghue\u003c\/strong\u003e is University Professor and Henry James Chair of English and American Letters at New York University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 215\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42726114885695,"sku":"9781628975772","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/03fa4cb9de5f20b419881ef51a6e54c1.webp?v=1765109305","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-third-policeman-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}