The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien

The Third Policeman by Flann O'BrienA masterpiece of black humour from the renown comic and acclaimed author of 'At Swim Two Birds' Flann O'Brien. A thriller, a hilarious comic satire about an archetypal village police force, a surrealistic vision of eternity, the story of a tender, brief, unrequited love affair between a man and his bicycle, and a chilling fable of unending guilt, 'The Third Policeman' is comparable only to 'Alice in Wonderland' as an allegory of the absurd.

the Queen Fairy of New Guinea

visceral tale of a woman unravelling

and has itself achieved classic status

From radical and impetuous I

' ALI SMITH

first as features editor at the New Scientist and then as a documentary maker for the BBC

religion and geopolitics across the region for decades to come

grief and alienation

Razor sharp

One of the greatest novels of the 20th century by one of the greatest writers in American history

" says Great Big Bear

from the Deep South to California