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3%OFFFlann O'Brien - Myles Away from Dublin - 9781843512653 - V9781843512653
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Myles Away from Dublin

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Description for Myles Away from Dublin 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.

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Number of pages
259
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
335g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781843512653
SKU
V9781843512653
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Flann O'Brien
BRIAN O’NOLAN, who also wrote under the pen names of Flann O’Brien and Myles na Gopaleen, was born in 1911 in Co Tyrone. A resident of Dublin, he graduated from University College after a brilliant career as a student briefly edited – and largely wrote – a comic magazine called Blather, and joined the Civil Service, in which he eventually ... Read more

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