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 The Third Policeman - Flann O'Brien
 The Third Policeman - Flann O'Brien ... HarperPerennialNewest Review: ... a man named Mathers and steal his black box full of money. The narrator's initial intent was to use the proceeds of the crime ... more ... to fund his aspirations to publish a commentary on the fictional philosopher De Selby's work. De Selby's crackpot theories consist of earth being shaped like a sausage and that the phenomenon of night is a form of industrial pollution, definitely food for thought. They do kill him, gruesomely, with shovels, as the narrator somewhat unwillingly delivers the final blows. Divney however refuses to give him any of the money, instead hiding it, only telling him where it is after a year has passed. The box is hidden in the ...more |
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The Third Policeman - Flann O'Brien: Is it about a bicycle? (743 words)
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Is it about a bicycle? The television series Lost has been a huge influence on me. Not only has it made me more interested and aware of dramas with actual quality such as The Wire and Mad Men, but I also have found myself drawn to novels which helped inspire the writers of Lost in the initial stages of conceptualizing the larger mythology of what has become a highly complex series. One of these pieces of fiction is The Third Policeman, and is the weirdest yet one of the most strangely engrossing books I've read in awhile. The novel was written by Flann O'Brien (pen name of Irish author Brian O'Nolan). It was written in 1940 but published ... Read the complete review
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