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From the author of the classic novel ‘At-Swim-Two-Birds’ comes this ingenious tale which follows the mad and absurd ambitions of a scientist determined to destroy the world.
Flann O'Brien's third novel, 'The Dalkey Archive' is a riotous depiction of the extraordinary events surrounding theologian and mad scientist De Selby's attempt to destroy the world by removing all the oxygen from the atmosphere. Only Michael Shaughnessy, 'a lowly civil servant', and James Joyce, alive and well and working as a barman in the nearby seaside resort of Skerries, can stop the inimitable De Selby in his tracks.
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‘Flann O'Brien is inventive, his storytelling is swift and sure, making the eccentric seem natural and the commonplace hilarious.’ The Times
‘“The Dalkey Archive” is worth every penny for the hilarious fourth chapter alone in which De Selby and his two drinking companions in aqualungs converse with St Augustine in an underwater cave off Dalkey seafront. A wicked yet affectionate satire on Irishry.’ City Limits
‘O'Brien's dialogue is keen and inspired, the prose lucid and sharp with a blend of lunatic improbable and seamless quotidian.’ Irish Times
Flann O'Brien's third novel, 'The Dalkey Archive' is a riotous depiction of the extraordinary events surrounding theologian and mad scientist De Selby's attempt to destroy the world by removing all the oxygen from the atmosphere. Only Michael Shaughnessy, 'a lowly civil servant', and James Joyce, alive and well and working as a barman in the nearby seaside resort of Skerries, can stop the inimitable De Selby in his tracks.
"Flann O'Brien is inventive, his storytelling is swift and sure, making the eccentric seem natural and the commonplace hilarious"
THE TIMES
"'The Dalkey Archive' is worth every penny for the hilarious fourth chapter alone in which De Selby and his two drinking companions in aqualungs converse with St Augustine in an underwater cave off Dalkey seafront. A wicked yet affectionate satire on Irishry"
CITY LIMITS
"O'Brien's dialogue is keen and inspired, the prose lucid and sharp with a blend of lunatic improbable and seamless quotidian"
IRISH TIMES
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- PublisherMacgibbon and Kee
- ISBN 10 0261615564
- ISBN 13 9780261615564
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The Dalkey Archive
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(1968)
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Book Description Original Cloth. Condition: Poor. Second Impression. Second impression from 1968 of a book first published by Macgibbon & Kee in 1964. Boards clean and unmarked with spine lean. Page edges browned with some spotting. Front free endpaper present but very firmly stuck to front pastedown. Tearing along surface of rear endpapers down half the length of the hinge from the the top. Library stamps to copyright details page. Stains to a few pages with pages 150 to 152 the worst affected - staining along the tops of these pages - although most pages are unmarked. No jacket. Seller Inventory # 011123
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. British edition, second printing, 1968 (first printing was 1964). With original unclipped jacket (25s). Jacket has faults - namely edge/shelf wear, a few small marks, creasing/rubbing to edges, one small (approx. 1cm) tear to back upper corner, a few other very small (approx. 3mms) tears, pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, a few small scratches, little pushing/bumping to corners, minor foxing/browning/odd small mark to reverse (white side), little creasing/browning/foxing to front/back inner flaps and is in only good condition. Boards are very good (having been well protected by the jacket) with light crease to spine (book has been read), minor pushing/bumping to corners, the odd small bump/rub to edges and a little wear (pushing/rubbing/bumping) to head/tail of spine. Little spine lean. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages bit tanned. Previous owner's name, date and location in pen to front end-paper. Odd small mark/minor foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. Very occasional small mark/spot of foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted. Seller Inventory # 008480
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second Impression. Second impression hardcover in good condition. The jacket is fairly worn at the edges, with slight discolouration and scoring. The boards edges are worn. Cocked spine. The upper page block is slightly foxed. Some pages are dog-eared. The pages in the main body are clean and clear. GE. Used. Seller Inventory # 535434
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