aka Myles na gCopaleen, aka Brian O'Nolan.
One of my favourite writers of all time, responible for the wonderous The Third Policeman, the hilarious The Poor Mouth and the short-but-sweet The Hard Life. And those are just the ones I have finished.
Currently I'm making my way through The Dalkey Archives, and The Best of Myles is waiting expectantly on my bookshelf as soon as I'm done.
But The Third Policeman. So amazing. It’s something of an Irish Alice In Wonderland as the protagonist gets stuck in a world where people fall in love with bicycles (who in turn can assume human properties, and vice versa), where a new colour is found that can drive people to insanity, and where people try to dilute water. Such a wonderful book – original, hysterical, logical, crazily lacking in fundamental logic.
So are there any more Flann fans out there? Surely I can't be alone?
10/02/08 @ 23:36