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The poor mouth
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- Book Synopsis
- The classic satire from the renowned comic and acclaimed author of 'At Swim-Two-Birds' - Flann O'Brien.Flann O'Brien's gloriously wicked satire of the traditional Irish peasant novel, The Poor Mouth tells the shamelessly ironic story of Bonaparte O'Coonassa, born in the West of Ireland 'on a terrible winter's night'.A hymn to the world of potatoes, rain and 'excellent poverty', this cruelly funny assault on the fashionable Gaelic Revival of the day brought the wrath of the custodians of national sentiment upon O'Brien's head for many years thereafter.
- About The Author
- Flann O'Brien was one of the many pseudonyms of Brian O'Nolan, author of the classic novel 'At Swim-Two-Birds' and, under the name Myles na Gopaleen, writer of a celebrated satirical column in the Irish Times which appeared daily for almost thirty years. Highly praised by Samuel Beckett and James Joyce, amongst others, O'Brien is regarded as one of the great comic writers of the twentieth century. He died in 1966.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780586087480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Collins Flamingo, (11 October 1993)
- Number of Pages
- 128
- Weight
- 100 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129 x 9 mm
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