The Third Policeman

The Third Policeman
First edition
AuthorFlann O'Brien
LanguageEnglish
GenreComedy, absurdism, philosophical novel
PublisherMacGibbon & Kee
Publication date
1967
Publication placeIreland
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages212 pp
OCLC40489146
823/.912 21
LC ClassPR6029.N56 T48 1999

The Third Policeman is a novel by Irish writer Brian O'Nolan, writing under the pseudonym Flann O'Brien. It was written in 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. The book remained unpublished at the time of his death in 1966. It was published by MacGibbon & Kee in 1967.[1][2]

  1. ^ Clissman 1975, p. 151
  2. ^ Hopper 1995, p. 48