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The Third Policeman by O'Brien, Flann is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Third Policeman about?
Amazon.com Review A comic trip through hell in Ireland, as told by a murderer, The Third Policeman is another inspired bit of confusing and comic lunacy from the warped imagination and lovably demented pen of Flann O'Brien, author of At Swim-Two-Birds . There's even a small chance you'll figure out what's going on if you read the publisher's note that appears on the last page. From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. If ever a book was brought to life by a reading, it is this presentation of O'Brien's posthumously published classic. Norton individually crafts voices and personalities for each character in such a way that a listener might imagine an entire cast of voice talent working overtime. This is a comic/surreal tale of a one-legged gentleman farmer who participates in a poorly planned botched robbery-turned-murder, only to find himself having a long conversation with the dead man shortly after the deed. In addition he hears from his own soul, who he names Joe. Joe's voice is that of a wry observer with a voice of calm, removed authority, whereas dead man Mathers' voice is completely nasal, at once sickly and droll. Mathers sends the farmer to a two-dimensional barracks o
Who reads The Third Policeman?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- O'Brien, Flann
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Published
- 1967
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 4.02 / 5 (10,625 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14