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At Swim-Two-Birds

Name: At Swim-Two-Birds
Author: Flann O'Brien

Flann O'Brien

At Swim-Two-Birds is a 1939 novel by Irish writer Brian O'Nolan, writing under the pseudonym Flann O'Brien. It is widely considered to be O'Brien's masterpiece, and one of the most sophisticated examples of metafiction.

“I saw that my witticism was unperceived and quietly replaced it in the treasury of my mind.”

Flann O'Brien book At Swim-Two-Birds

Source: "At Swim-Two-Birds" (1939)

“When things go wrong and will not come right,
Though you do the best you can,
When life looks black as the hour of night,
A PINT OF PLAIN IS YOUR ONLY MAN.”

Flann O'Brien book At Swim-Two-Birds

Source: At Swim-Two-Birds

“A wise old owl once lived in a wood, the more he heard the less he said, the less he said the more he heard, let's emulate that wise old bird.”

Flann O'Brien book At Swim-Two-Birds

Source: At Swim-Two-Birds

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