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Paperback
Published: July 1988
ISBN: 9780586087480
Number Of Pages: 128
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 wonderful romp amongst the unspeakable stereotypes of Irishry' The Times `A Gaelic novel, all footnotes and authenticity, The Poor Mouth is O'Brien's practical joke. Hugely and unfairly funny' Observer `Anyone who has read the Blasket writers, cocked a pained ear to Peig Sayers or waded through the novels of Maire, will delight in the cruel accuracy of The Poor Mouth' Literary Review `O'Brien's sense of comedy is an unfailing delight' Sunday TImes `Along with Joyce and Beckett, Flann O'Brien constitutes our trinity of great Irish writers' Edna O'Brien
ISBN: 9780586087480
ISBN-10: 0586087486
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 128
Published: July 1988
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 18.9 x 13.8
x 0.8
Weight (kg): 0.11
Edition Type: New edition
