Modern School Irish Seminar

The Third Policeman

O'Brien's novel 'features a bizarre Kafkaesque afterworld in which a nameless narrator stumbles upon a surrealistic police-station. Here he meets Policeman MacCruiskeen and Sergeant Pluck and learns that they have a mysterious third colleague as well: 'Policeman Fox is the third of us', says the Sergeant, 'but we never see him or hear tell of him at all because he is always on his beat and never off it and he signs the book in the middle of the night when even a badger is asleep'. (Keith Booker, South Atlantic Review).

The latest instalment of the 'Irish Seminar' reading group will focus on Flann O'Brien's famous novel The Third Policeman. The seminar is a reading and discussion group for those interested in Irish literature, and continues to be a highly enjoyable termly event for staff and postgraduate students.

All are welcome to come and talk about the book. Refreshments will be provided.

Contact: James Fraser or Katherine Ebury