Third Policeman Paperback - 2002
by Flann O'Brien; Introduction by Denis Donoghue
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The Third Policeman is Flann O'Brien's 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 (which turns out to be just down the road), 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.
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- Title Third Policeman
- Author Flann O'Brien; Introduction by Denis Donoghue
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Second printing
- Pages 200
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dalkey Archive Press, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.
- Date March 1, 2002
- ISBN 9781564782144 / 156478214X
- Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.7 in (21.59 x 13.72 x 1.78 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Ireland
- Ethnic Orientation: Irish
- Library of Congress subjects Murder
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-52437
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Entertainment Weekly, 10/14/2005, Page 158
- New Yorker (The), 02/11/2008, Page 149
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