The Third Policeman

The Third Policeman

Published

January 1967

Publishers

UK
Flamingo
US
Open Road
Bosnia
Sahinpasic
Brazil
LP & M
Czech Republic
Fraktaly
France
Les Belles Lettres
Israel
Hakibbutz Hameuchad
Italy
Adelphi
Japan
Hakusuisha
Korea
EULYOO Publishing
Russia
Text
Turkey
Everest
Wales
Melin Bapur
Flann O'Brien's The Third Policeman is one of the most unusual novels in the English language, comparable only to Alice in Wonderland as an allegory of the absurd. O'Brien exploits his unique flair for wildly funny dialogue to tell a chilling, macabre fable of unending guilt.