The Dalkey Archive

by Flann O'Brien

Overview

"Wit, humor, satire, the exact fall of a Dublin syllable, the ear for the local turn, the flight of fancy that can spin into a Dublin joke or a Limerick limerick—all these are his."—The New York Times

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781564781727
Publisher:	Deep Vellum Publishing
Publication date:	02/28/1993
Series:	Irish Literature Series
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.52(w) x 8.51(h) x 0.65(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Brian O'Nolan wrote under the pen names of Flann O'Brien and Myles na Gopaleen. He was born in 1911 in County Tyrone. A resident of Dublin, he graduated from University College after a brilliant career as a student (editing a magazine called Blather) and joined the Civil Service, in which he eventually attained a senior position. He wrote throughout his life, which ended in Dublin on April 1, 1966. His other novels include The Dalkey Archive, The Third Policeman, The Hard Life, and The Poor Mouth, all available from Dalkey Archive Press. Also available are three volumes of his newspaper columns: The Best of Myles, Further Cuttings from Cruiskeen Lawn, and At War.

Editorial Reviews

It is increasingly clear that O'Brien is Ireland's finest novelist after Joyce.

Boston Sunday Globe

Dalkey Archive [Press] has made one reader very happy and likely will intoxicate many others with Flann O'Brien's fine brew of malt, salt, air, heady ideas and rich, ripe prose.

Chicago Tribune

Flann O'Brien is unquestionably a major author. His work, like that of Joyce, is so layered as to be almost Dante-esque . . . Joyce and Flann O'Brien assault your brain with words, style, magic, madness, and unlimited invention.

Anthony Burgess

The Dalkey Archive is witty, sly, outrageous, and the characters remind one at times of Nabokov or De Vries.”

Texture

Wit, humor, satire, the exact fall of a Dublin syllable, the ear for the local turn, the flight of fancy that can spin into a Dublin joke or a Limerick limerick--all these are his.

The New York Times

"Wit, humor, satire, the exact fall of a Dublin syllable, the ear for the local turn, the flight of fancy that can spin into a Dublin joke or a Limerick limerick—all these are his." —New York Times 

 "The undoubted humor of [The Dalkey Archive] derives as much from Mr. O'Brien's facile use of language as from the play of his fertile imagination . . . not to be missed." —Library Journal 

"Dalkey Archive [Press] has made one reader very happy and likely will intoxicate many others with Flann O'Brien's fine brew of malt, salt, air, heady ideas and rich, ripe prose." —Chicago Tribune

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