The Third Policeman

Paladin, London, 1988. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. Fifth impression. Size: 12mo (small). 207 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages lightly tanned throughout. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. The book has been read and may carry some marks and creases. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. The Third Policeman is Flann O'Brien's brilliantly dark comic novel about the nature of time, death, and existence. Told by a narrator who has committed a botched robbery and brutal murder, the novel follows him and his adventures in a two-dimensional police station where, through the theories of the scientist/philosopher de Selby, he is introduced to "Atomic Theory" and its relation to bicycles, the existence of eternity (which turns out to be just down the road), and de Selby's view that the earth is not round but "sausage-shaped." With the help of his newly found soul named "Joe," he grapples with the riddles and contradictions that three eccentric policeman present to him. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Humour; Ireland; 20th century; Humour. ISBN: 0586087494. ISBN/EAN: 9780586087497. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10047. . 9780586087497