{"product_id":"no-laughing-matter-the-life-and-times-of-flann-obrien","title":"No Laughing Matter: The Life and Times of Flann O'Brien","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eNo Laughing Matter: The Life and Times of Flann OBrien was the first full-length biography of Flann OBrien, published in 1989. It is a perceptive, sympathetic, and authoritative portrait of a writer and his times, praised by James Joyce, Graham Greene, Dylan Thomas, and others. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 392 pages\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 26 February 2019\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: New Island Books\u003cbr\u003e\n                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo Laughing Matter: The Life and Times of Flann OBrien was the first full-length biography of Flann OBrien, published in 1989. Rich in background, anecdote, and social history, it is an extraordinary portrait of a writer and his times, perceptive, sympathetic, and authoritative. Flann OBrien (aka Brian ONolan) was born in Tyrone in 1911 and worked as a civil servant for many years. He also developed an alter ego, Myles na Gopaleen, whose satirical column in The Irish Times soon acquired legendary status. At Swim-Two-Birds, his first novel, appeared in 1939 and was praised by James Joyce, Graham Greene, Dylan Thomas, and others. His second novel, The Third Policeman, failed to find a publisher at the time but has since been acknowledged as one of the most important novels to come out of Ireland in the twentieth century. With a foreword by acclaimed author Kevin Barry and striking redesign, No Laughing Matter is an undisputed classic of Irish literary biography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo Laughing Matter: The Life and Times of Flann OBrien was the first full-length biography of Flann OBrien, published in 1989. Rich in background, anecdote, and social history, it is an extraordinary portrait of a writer and his times, perceptive, sympathetic, and authoritative. Flann OBrien (aka Brian ONolan) was born in Tyrone in 1911 and worked as a civil servant for many years. He also developed an alter ego, Myles na Gopaleen, whose satirical column in The Irish Times soon acquired legendary status. At Swim-Two-Birds, his first novel, appeared in 1939 and was praised by James Joyce, Graham Greene, Dylan Thomas, and others. His second novel, The Third Policeman, failed to find a publisher at the time but has since been acknowledged as one of the most important novels to come out of Ireland in the twentieth century. With a foreword by acclaimed author Kevin Barry and striking redesign, No Laughing Matter is an undisputed classic of Irish literary biography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 442g\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 137 x 214 x 34 (mm)\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781848407145\n                            \n                          \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anthony Cronin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44100105109754,"sku":"9781848407145","price":10.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/eae5a6646f38dbd061d0020f581a8c24.jpg?v=1627095202","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/no-laughing-matter-the-life-and-times-of-flann-obrien","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}