O'Brien, Flann (Pseudonym of Brian O Nuallain) (Vol. 5) | O'Brien, Flann (pseudonym of Brian O Nuallain) 1911–1966
O'Brien, Flann (pseudonym of Brian O Nuallain) 1911–1966
O'Brien was an Irish novelist and humorist whose comic masterpiece was At Swim-Two-Birds. He was best known in Ireland as Myles na gCopaleen, his nom de plume for his Irish Times column. (See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 21-22; obituary, Vols. 25-28.)
When I looked at The Poor Mouth by Myles na Gopaleen—alias Flann O'Brien—I had a sinking feeling that this translation from the Gaelic was going to prove an Important Irish Novel. So I consulted an Irish friend and he confirmed my worst fears: it is an important satire on modern Gaelic literature. 'But,' my friend added, 'it's very funny.' Reassured, I read—and he was right, it is very funny. It is a ludicrous exaggeration of one's worst prejudices about bog-Irish, living with the family pigs, in non-stop rain.
The Poor Mouth tells the story of the life and times of Bonaparte O'Coonassa,...
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