Flann O'Brien (Brian O'Nolan, aka Myles na Gopaleen) adopted not only a new name (George Knowall) for these rarely seen pieces, but also a new persona. Writing his column 'Bones of Contention' for the Nationalist and Leinster Times, he took on the character of the quizzical and enquiring humorist who might be found in a respectable public house in Carlow: erudite, urbane and informative, he is the country cousin of the Myles of Dublin, yet still a facet of the complex character who wrote The Third Policeman and At Swim-Two ...
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Flann O'Brien (Brian O'Nolan, aka Myles na Gopaleen) adopted not only a new name (George Knowall) for these rarely seen pieces, but also a new persona. Writing his column 'Bones of Contention' for the Nationalist and Leinster Times, he took on the character of the quizzical and enquiring humorist who might be found in a respectable public house in Carlow: erudite, urbane and informative, he is the country cousin of the Myles of Dublin, yet still a facet of the complex character who wrote The Third Policeman and At Swim-Two-Birds. His delight in words, his uncanny ability to see through humbug, are unparalleled. Writers as disparate as James Joyce, Dylan Thomas, Graham Greene and Anthony Burgess have marvelled at his talent. New readers will discover that he is one of the funniest writers in any language, at any time.
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New. 2012. Reprint. Paperback. Writing his column "Bones of Contention" for the "Nationalist and Leinster Times", the author took on the character of the quizzical and enquiring humorist who might be found in a respectable public house in Carlow: erudite, urbane and informative. Num Pages: 259 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 334......We ship daily from our Bookshop.
This is a collection of columns written for The Leinster Times and The Nationalist by Brian O'Nolan, a.k.a. Flann O'Brien, a.k.a. Myles na Gopaleen, a.k.a. (in this case) George Knowall. Thoughtful essays with a bit of humor, written by one of the masters of both thought and writing. Quite different, I think, from Myles, but interesting and worth the time it takes to read them.
