The Third Policeman
by Flann O'Brien
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Author: Flann O'BrienEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-03-01
ISBN: 156478214X
Number of pages: 200
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Pr
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Book Review: Weird but wonderful...!
Summary: 4 Stars
Although initially attracted by the fludity and quirkiness of the writing, it took me a while to get into this... -- a sort of halfway house between Joyce (at his best and least intelligible) and Kafka (at his most imaginative) -- not to mention Bunyan's 'The Pilgrim's Progress'. Although that doesn't do it any justice whatsoever: it is actually quite accessible, with so much originality, intelligence and almost unbelievable wit on every page that, after a couple of chapters, I couldn't put the thing down!It's very much an Irish voyage of the imagination, with a great ending -- leaving me with an immediate urge to re-read it to see if I could fathom how I'd been led down the path I had; as well as to read his many other writings (both as O'Brien and as Myles na Gopaleen). (This edition contains a postscript containing a letter from O'Brien that casts a revealing light on this path -- but the ending certainly took my breath away...!)
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