Literary Fantasy Humor 2014

The third policeman by Flann O ́Brien

Published in Spanish as El tercer policía

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

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What it is

Properly strange · odd and endearing

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How it's told

Who tells it
First person
Style
Literary

Before you pick it up

Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • you want to laugh out loud
  • you like a story that bends reality a little
  • you like a book that leaves you uneasy

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