The Book

Flann O'Brien's first novel is a brilliant impressionistic jumble of ideas, mythology and nonsense. Operating on many levels it incorporates plots within plots, giving full rein to O'Brien's dancing intellect and Celtic wit. The undergraduate narrator lives with his uncle in Dublin, drinks too much with his friends and invents stories peopled with hilarious and unlikely characters. O'Brien's blend of farce, satire and fantasy results in a remarkable, astonishingly innovative book.

‘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‘At Swim-Two-Birds' is both a comedy and a fantasy of such staggering originality that it baffles description and very nearly beggars our sense of delight’ - Chicago Tribune

(From fujifilmstudentawards.co.uk)