Il Terzo Poliziotto by Flann O'Brien
An unreliable young man murders an elderly relative to steal a promised inheritance and then becomes embroiled with two odd country policemen and the eccentric writings of a recondite philosopher whose strange theories about atoms, mirrors and bicycles turn commonsense inside out; the narrative slides between black comedy and uncanny allegory as bizarre conversations, surreal set pieces and an obsession with bicycles lead to a final, disorienting discovery that the story is caught in a looping, metaphysical punishment where identity, guilt and time fold back on themselves.
- Published
- 1967
- Nationality
- Irish
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 160-200
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
- - The Third Policeman
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