The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien

The Third Policeman is a novel by Irish author Brian O'Nolan, writing under the pseudonym Flann O'Brien. It was written between 1939 and 1940, but after it initially failed to find a publisher, the author withdrew the manuscript from circulation and claimed he had lost it. At the time of his death in 1966, the book was still unpublished. It was finally published in 1967 by McGibbon & Kee.

The 867th greatest fiction book of all time


This book is on the following lists:

  1. - Donald Barthelme’s Reading List (Believer Mag)
  2. - 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)

Buy This Book

Name Binding Sales Rank Lowest New Lowest Used Published
Third Policeman Audio CD 665291 $11.72 $16.28
Third Policeman Paperback 825949 $53.94 $0.02
The third policeman Hardcover 3805108 $39.94
The Third Policeman Hardcover 4364639 $39.95
The Third Policeman (Paladin Books) Paperback 2639431 $14.00 $0.01 1993
The Third Policeman Hardcover 4758201 $65.00
The Third Policeman (Modern Classics (Naxos Audiobooks)) Audio CD 763445 $11.36 $16.23 2009
The Third Policeman [ps] Paperback 316419 $2,420.43 $5.05
The Third Policeman Hardcover 6203579 $90.00
Third Policeman Audio CD 1114920 $22.63 $42.00
The Third Policeman (The Folio Society) Hardcover 4958156 $181.00
The Third Policeman Mass Market Paperback 8222419 $19.50
The Third Policeman (Plume) Mass Market Paperback 932743 $12.65 $5.99 1976
The Third Policeman Audible Audiobook 44124 $32.95 2012
The Third Policeman (Complete Classics) Audio CD 3557605 $32.07 $14.25 2007
The Third Policeman: A Novel Kindle Edition 152703 $2.99 2019
The Third Policeman Paperback 1298406 $12.45 $2.07 2007
The Third Policeman Paperback 122680 $13.85 $2.98 2002