Flann O'Brien
Author
Pub. Date
2007, c1967
Description
One man wants to publish, so another must perish, in this darkly witty philosophical novel.
The Third Policeman follows a narrator who is obsessed with the work of a scientist and philosopher named de Selby (who believes that Earth is not round but sausage-shaped)-and has finally completed what he believes is the definitive text on the subject. But, broke and desperate for money to get his scholarly masterpiece published, he winds up committing robbery-and...