{"product_id":"the-complete-novels-everymans-library-9780307267498","title":"The Complete Novels (Everyman's Library)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFlann OBrien  along with Joyce and Beckett  is part of the holy trinity of modern Irish literature. His five novelscollected here in one volumeare a monument to his inspired lunacy and gleefully demented genius.  OBriens masterpiece  At Swim-Two-Birds  is an exuberant literary send-up and one of the funniest novels of the twentieth century. The novels narrator is writing a novel about another man writing a novel  in a Celtic knot of interlocking stories. The riotous cast of characters includes figures stolen from Gaelic legends  along with assorted students  fairies  ordinary Dubliners  and cowboys  some of whom try to break free of their authors control and destroy him.  The narrator of The Third Policeman  who has forgotten his name  is a student of philosophy who has committed murder and wanders into a surreal hell where he encounters such oddities as the ghost of his victim  three policeman who experiment with space and time  and his own soul (who is named Joe).  The Poor Mouth  a bleakly hilarious portrait of peasants in a village dominated by pigs  potatoes  and endless rain  is a giddy parody aimed at those who would romanticize Gaelic culture. A nave young orphan narrates the deadpan farce The Hard Life  and The Dalkey Archive is an outrageous satiric fantasy featuring a mad scientist who uses relativity to age his whiskey  a policeman who believes men can turn into bicycles  and an elderly  bar-tending James Joyce. With a new Introduction by Keith Donohue\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666340503605,"sku":"ByrdShop_0307267490","price":54.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780307267498.jpg?v=1782428796","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-complete-novels-everymans-library-9780307267498","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}