Swim-Two-Birds* - Not Serious (CD, Album)

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1. The vibrant force of storytelling in Flann O'Brien's excellent first novel At Swim-Two-Birds threatens to overwhelm reader and narrator alikeand what a strange joy it is to be overwhelmed. This novel overflows with stories; its plot threads twist into each other, break out of each other, erupt into new ideas, characters, riffs, sketches.

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2. Not Serious, an album by Swim Two Birds on Spotify. our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes.

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3. 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.

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4. May 21,  · Swim-Two-Birds never seriously wanted to be a jazz septet. In the hardcore underground ears were rubbed in astonishment at the abundance of ideas, and even from the presumably more open crossover perspective the band remained exotic with its daring sounds and the bizarre song poetry of lyrics writer and drollery keeper Jack Marlow.

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5. Graham Greene has given this effective bit of literary in-breeding a mighty sendoff, and in the limited circle to which this book will gravitate there will be many assenting voices. More inclined to satirical dalliance than Cyril Connelly, whom he resembles, the author gleefully weaves and bobs his way in a Sterne-like fashion through styles and modes in Irish literature. The novelist arises.

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6. 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.

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7. “At Swim-Two-Birds is a marvel of imagination, language, and humor.” (New Republic) “At Swim-Two-Birds has remained in my mind ever since it first appeared as one of the best books of our century. A book in a thousand in the line of Ulysses and Tristram Shandy.” (Graham Greene) “If I were a cultural dictator in England I would make At Swim-Two-Birds compulsory reading in all Reviews:

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8. Software Sites Tucows Software Library Software Capsules Compilation Shareware CD-ROMs CD-ROM Images ZX Spectrum DOOM Level CD. Featured image All images latest This Just In Flickr Commons Occupy Wall Street Flickr Cover Art USGS Maps. At Swim-two-birds by O'Brien, Flann, Publication date Topics Folklore, Mythology, Celtic.

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