The Third Policeman
by Flann O'Brien
Taste attributes: comedyscience fictionmysteryslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricateemotive & stirringself destruction/implosionsolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leads
Boxlist takeExpect a heavy, morally murky comic novel, intricate rather than simple. Best if you like edge over warmth.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.4 / 5
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About This Book
The Third Policeman is Flann O'Brien's brilliantly dark 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...
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- Author
- Flann O'Brien
- Published
- 1967
- Pages
- 200
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- Open Library
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