At Swim-Two-Birds

By Flann O'Brien Introduction by William H. Gass ISBN: 9781628973884 Publication Date: 7/19/2022 A true masterpiece of Irish literature, At Swim-Two-Birds has influenced generations of writers, opening up new possibilities for what can be done in fiction. A wildly comic send-up of Irish literature and culture, At Swim-Two-Birds is the story of a young, lazy, and frequently drunk Irish college student who lives with his curmudgeonly uncle in Dublin. When not in bed (where he seems to spend most of his time) or reading he is composing a mischief-filled novel about Dermot Trellis, a second-rate author whose characters ultimately rebel against him and seek vengeance. From drugging him as he sleeps to dropping the ceiling on his head, these figures of Irish myth make Trellis pay dearly for his bad writing. Hilariously funny and inventive, Flann O'Brien's At Swim-Two-Birds is the most famous (and infamous) of Irish novels published in the twentieth century, along with a book or two by James