The Hard Life by Flann O’brien

The Hard Life by Flann O’brien

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From the author of "The Poor Mouth" and "The Third Policeman", comes this novel about how two orphaned boys come to live in the household of the disputatious Mr. Collopy. While he is engaged in humanitarian work on behalf of women, the boys grow up in the odour of good whiskey and bad cooking.

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The Hard Life by Flann O’brien

From the author of "The Poor Mouth" and "The Third Policeman", comes this novel about how two orphaned boys come to live in the household of the disputatious Mr. Collopy. While he is engaged in humanitarian work on behalf of women, the boys grow up in the odour of good whiskey and bad cooking.

Flann O’Brien was one of the many pseudonyms of Brian O’Nolan, author of the classic novel ‘At Swim-
Two-Birds’ and, under the name Myles na Gopaleen, writer of a celebrated satirical column in the Irish Times which appeared daily for almost thirty years. Highly praised by Samuel Beckett and James Joyce, amongst others, O’Brien is regarded as one of the great comic writers of the twentieth century. He died in 1966.

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ISBN 13 9780586089514
ISBN 10 0586089519
Title The Hard Life
Author Flann O'brien
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 1995-01-09
Number of pages 160
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