00000nam a2200000 a 4500 O'Brian, Flann aut Verfasser/-in The Complete Novels At swim - two - birds : The third Policeman : The poor mouth : The hard life : The Dalkey Archive O'Brian, Flann New York Alfred A. Knopf 2007 Everyman's Library 309 In the five novels by Ireland's greatest comic writer we can explore the full range of his invention, from the multi-layered madness of At Swim-Two-Birds to the piercing realism of The Hard Life and the surreal logic of The 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. 9781841593098 9781841593098 eng 309 Band