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reviewed The third policeman by Flann O'Brien (John F. Byrne Irish literature series)

Flann O'Brien: The third policeman (Paperback, 1999, Dalkey Archive Press) 4 stars

The Third Policeman is Flann O'Brien's brilliantly dark comic novel about the nature of time, …

Review of 'The third policeman' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

This is one of those books that seems so perfect it feels like I already read it before. All the promise of Samuel Beckett with none of the boredom; all the art of James Joyce with none of the formal pretentiousness. this is the real deal.