Description
Step into a darkly comic and surreal landscape in this unforgettable novel from Flann O'Brien. The story follows an unnamed narrator, a scholar entangled in a web of alleged robbery and murder, who finds himself drawn into a bizarre, two-dimensional police station in rural Ireland. As he navigates this dreamlike world, he encounters the eccentric philosopher De Selby and grapples with themes of fate, free will, and the nature of reality itself. With its unique blend of philosophical inquiry and absurdist humor, this timeless work offers a "comical nightmare" that is both unsettling and brilliantly coherent.
Available Editions
paperback
Dalkey Archive Press
Published Mar 1, 2002
200 pages
ISBN: 9781564782144
paperback
Flamingo
Published Aug 16, 1993
208 pages
ISBN: 9780586087497
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Details
First Published
1967
Language
eng
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