The third policeman
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Normal, IL : Dalkey Archive Press, 1999.
ISBN
156478214X, 9781564782144
Status
Eisenhower Public Library District - Stacks
FIC O'BRIEN, F.
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Published
Normal, IL : Dalkey Archive Press, 1999.
Format
Book
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xiii, 200 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
156478214X, 9781564782144

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Copies contain various printing dates.
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Includes bibliographical references (page xiii).
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The Third Policeman is Flann O'Brien's 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.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

O'Brien, F. (1999). The third policeman (First Dalkey Archive edition.). Dalkey Archive Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

O'Brien, Flann, 1911-1966. 1999. The Third Policeman. Dalkey Archive Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

O'Brien, Flann, 1911-1966. The Third Policeman Dalkey Archive Press, 1999.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

O'Brien, Flann. The Third Policeman First Dalkey Archive edition., Dalkey Archive Press, 1999.

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