The Flann O'Brien of Ireland-Flann O'Brien and THE THIRD POLICEMAN: RGBIB Ep. 76
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- čas přidán 26. 01. 2019
- SPOILER ALERT! WE'VE GOT A SPOILER ON THE PREMISES! IF YOU READ BOOKS TO BE SURPRISED BY TRICK ENDINGS DO NOT ATTEND THIS LECTURE-INSTEAD GO BACK TO YOUR AGATHA CHRISTIE! THIS IS THE INCALCULABLY GREAT FLANN O'BRIEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT! EACH SENTENCE SURPRISES! GET USED TO IT!
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What a lovely ride ! Finding Flan O’Brien , and. Scott your brilliance and joy is contagious . Thank you
Thanks for stopping by, Patricia! Stay safe in the bathtub! s
Joe! You have to talk about Joe!
"By God, I won't be called scaly!"
But of course there is so much to discuss, you couldn't possibly fit all in. Thank you for sharing this. Not enough people know of Flann O'Brien.
Next time! I will read it again (if there's world enough and time.) Welcome to the bathtub! s
I have loved and admired flann o Brien for approximately half a century. Just a little footnote, and as a little bonus, flann was a Tyrone man, like myself.
Thanks for all that, Larry! You want me to put you on our IBA map where you can suitably represent your land? Here's the map so far: www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1Tc7RT3iL24ErPt8HJgjXj4m5Pey1HnSi&fbclid=IwAR0iDpT45e-i7WmqYPjUWcGAGxqI4eKZutxQkNDlkLCeMj0MZDf7YkNxL48&ll=6.781740751464483%2C-103.82483890000003&z=3
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Flann O'Brien/Brian O'Nolan/Myles na Gopaleen is an author whose work I treasure. The laugh-out-loud hilarity of his absurdist viewpoints and his acute and wry observations are a rich seam of delight. Thanks for presenting this with such evident enjoyment!
Thanks, Dora, and welcome to the bathtub. It's impossible to talk about O'Brien without remembering how brilliantly fun he is! Stay safe. s
I love the captain of all the one-legged men of Ireland, who is always ready to rip the bellies 😅
An exquisite book. I have just seen 'The Banshees Of Inersherin' (with Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell) and it almost seems to have Flann O'Brien DNA. It will never happen but I could imagine these two as John Divney and The Narrator in a movie version of The Third Policeman.... but in reality the ideosyncratic splendour and genius of the tale would be exceptionally difficult to translate to a visual medium. But surely not impossible?
Yeah the Insersherin' crowd and cast would make the most of Third Policeman, which has so many great visual scenes it might actually work on screen. Have a great new year in the bathtub, Rob!
A sort of "Alice in Wonderland on acid" indeed - while I'm not sure our pal The Flannster indulged in psychedelics, many passages in this book are seriously reminiscent of mushroom trip experiences
All of his stuff is well worth reading, including the Irish in translation. At Swim-Two-Birds is a masterpiece also. Agree with your sentiment at the end, the Flann canon is streets ahead of Joyce in many ways (the two no doubt shared a mutual admiration - the blurb ""Ireland's funniest genius" - James Joyce" appearing on a few O'Nolan editions) and one mustn't overlook the fact that when it comes to the composition of lewd love letthers of a highly pairsonal and explicit exemplum, in this field we thankfully have none of na gCopaleen's material (so to speak) with which to make a comparison, thank the Dad
The Third Policeman was my introduction to Flann O'Brien. Brilliant.
I agree. Hilarious. The Hard Life is funny too. Stay safe. Scott
I've had the Dalkey Archive paperback sitting unread on my shelf for years now, but you've inspired me to finally pick it up! I didn't know much about it, other than really dry academic praise (I've heard it referred to as "important avant garde fiction" and "postmodern before postmodernism was a thing" blah, blah, blah). But I had no idea it was also written with such beauty. I loved that passage you read, it was so lyrical. I particularly loved the alliteration at its end: "even accommodating her left pedal patiently, the awkward working of my wooden leg."
So you mean the Dalkey Archive edition of Policeman? Confusing only because another of O'Brien's novels is entitled "The Dalkey Archive," which is where that press got their name! They have also done some original editions of O'Brien's stories and letters that I want to read eventually...IN the bathtub! Plan to stay home all day with THE THIRD POLICEMAN!
@@Scottmbradfield Oops, I should have been more clear! No, I meant the DA edition of The Third Policeman. Wonderful publishing house. From my experience, you can't really go wrong with anything in their catalog!
Beautiful prose; as for the story line and plot structure, I do raise my hat to the publishers of the 40s in the UK.
Welcome to the bathtub, Visam! s
Amazing video. Glad you posted this. This book was an experience and I loved your takes.
Great to have you in the bathtub, Robert. The book is definitely an "experience"! Stay safe with great books! Scott
The setting of The Third Policeman - for what its worth - always struck me as more Tyrone, borderland type country, generally speaking
Thanks for all that, Papa. POLICEMAN is one of my all-time faves! s
Imagine travelling shaking chair oh yeah lol looking at postcard
I shall re-read! Perhaps Thomas De Quincey was the inspiration for 'De Selby'. Another posthumously published novel worth a read is 'A Confederacy of Dunces' nb A pint of plain is your only man. ps Try 'Puckoon': "I'm a hero with coward's legs."
Yes that does sound a bit right, though he's more a Swedenborg sort of daft... read CONFEDERACY but haven't got back to it in the bathtub for many moons! Nice having you in the tub, Sub! s
Another unread (till now) book I've had for some time. Just finished THIRD POLICEMAN
"Is it about a bicycle?" he asked. Wonderful!
Amazing novel. Wasn't published until well after he was dead-what a shame!
Thank you for this review, a novel only best appreciated by the humor of the Americans and the Irish. A great writer. The original post-modernist.
Welcome to the bathtub, Helena! The Third Policeman is brilliant! If you give me a location we can put you on the IBA map and make the world a better place! Scott
@@Scottmbradfield that would be fantastic. Thank you. I am about to do my Undergraduate dissertation on this book for my English degree. I am based in county Clare in Ireland. 😁 will we be doing at swim two birds? Haven't read it yet. Will wait.
Yeah we did At Swim and The Hard Life (that I like much better.) But then we don't know what we're supposed to like or not like in the bathtub! County Clare is on the map!
Here's the link: drive.google.com/open?id=1Tc7RT3iL24ErPt8HJgjXj4m5Pey1HnSi&usp=sharing
And here's the link to our Facebook page where you can consort with your fellow bathing buddies! Bring your own loofah!
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Yes! The Picador editions with Ralph Steadman drawings!
This book was quoted as one of the inspirations by one of the LOST TV Show writers.
Yeah someone told me they showed a shot of the paperback in LOST, a show I liked for a while and then got sick of. But I still love THE THIRD POLICEMAN! Stay safe, Vitor! Scott
I love "The various lives of Keats and Chapman." Little one page jokes which are very intelligent. The guy was a genius. Great review my friend.
Andy McKinney Thanks Andy. I don't know his stories or his plays but will find time for them soon.
Brian O'Nolan is whom you mean.
Pronounced Myles Na Gopaleen.
Thanks, Liam.
Miles Na Gop paaa leeeen. Pronunciation.