Hard Life by O'Brien, Flann

Hard Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781564781413)

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Format: Paperback
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Hard Life by O'Brien, Flann

Hard Life

$11.95
Hard Life by O'Brien, Flann

Hard Life

$11.95
Format: Paperback
Description
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Subtitled "An Exegesis of Squalor," The Hard Life is a sober farce from a master of Irish comic fiction. Set in Dublin at the turn of the century, the novel does involve squalor--illness, alcoholism, unemployment, bodily functions, crime, illicit sex--but also investigates such diverse topics as Church history, tightrope walking, and the pressing need for public toilets for ladies. The Hard Life is straight-faced entertainment that conceals in laughter its own devious and wicked satire by one of the best known Irish writers of the 20th century.

Author: Flann O'Brien
ISBN-10: 1564781410
ISBN-13: 9781564781413
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Language: English
Published: 09/01/1996
Pages: 179
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
New Yorker (The) 02/11/2008 pg. 151
By Flann O'Brien
By Flann O'Brien
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Flann O'Brien was one of several pseudonyms of Brian O'Nolan (1911-1966), who is considered along with James Joyce and Samuel Beckett to be one of the greatest Irish writers of the twentieth century. His novels include At Swim-Two-Birds, The Poor Mouth, The Third Policeman, The Hard Life, and The Dalkey Archive.

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