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The Poor Mouth

The Poor Mouth An Béal Bocht : A Bad Story About the Hard Life

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Paperback (11 Oct 1993)

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Publisher's Synopsis

The classic satire from the renowned comic and acclaimed author of 'At Swim-Two-Birds' - Flann O'Brien.

Flann O'Brien's gloriously wicked satire of the traditional Irish peasant novel, The Poor Mouth tells the shamelessly ironic story of Bonaparte O'Coonassa, born in the West of Ireland 'on a terrible winter's night'.

A hymn to the world of potatoes, rain and 'excellent poverty', this cruelly funny assault on the fashionable Gaelic Revival of the day brought the wrath of the custodians of national sentiment upon O'Brien's head for many years thereafter.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780586087480
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Collins Flamingo
Pub date:
Edition: (Reissue)
DEWEY: 891.6234
DEWEY edition: 19
Language: English
Number of pages: 128
Weight: 100g
Height: 199mm
Width: 129mm
Spine width: 9mm