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The Third Policeman

3.9/5 ( ratings)

The Third Policeman is Flann O'Brien's brilliantly dark comic novel about the nature of time, death, and existence. Told 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 , 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.

The last of O'Brien's novels to be published, The Third Policeman joins O'Brien's other fiction to ensure his place, along with James Joyce and Samuel Beckett, as one of Ireland's great comic geniuses.

Language: English

Pages: 207

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Paladin

Release: May 20, 1993

ISBN: 0586087494

ISBN 13: 9780586087497

The Third Policeman

3.9/5 ( ratings)

The Third Policeman is Flann O'Brien's brilliantly dark comic novel about the nature of time, death, and existence. Told 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 , 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.

The last of O'Brien's novels to be published, The Third Policeman joins O'Brien's other fiction to ensure his place, along with James Joyce and Samuel Beckett, as one of Ireland's great comic geniuses.

Language: English

Pages: 207

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Paladin

Release: May 20, 1993

ISBN: 0586087494

ISBN 13: 9780586087497

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