John F. Byrne Irish Literature: Third Policeman (Paperback)

from delta351

I was originally attracted to this book after it was featured in an episode of Lost, where Jacob was reading it as J Locke was thrown out the window by his father. It took me a while to track down ...

from tikitu-reviews

A novel I never get tired of. The stark insanity of Sergeant Pluck's lines ("Would it surprise you to learn that the Atomic Theory is at work in this parish?") continues to delight at every reading...

from blanderson

A genuinely funny and odd novel, that may have been dampened/spoiled by O'Brien's note at the end, which gives away the ending and kills the suspense of the last 30 pages. DO NOT FLIP TO THE END OF...

from dtw42

A surreal experience, this: as if Spike Milligan and Franz Kafka drafted an Alice in Wonderland for grownups, then handed it off to PKD and M Night Shyamalan for rewrites. The absurdist Irish whims...

from MonsterGear

I spent most of my time reading this book with my brow furrowed in a sort of "What the...?" expression, but that doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it. Those who like to imagine the look of a scene while ...