Myles Away from Dublin

<p><span style=color: rgba(119 119 119 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Flann O'Brien (Brian O'Nolan aka Myles na Gopaleen) adopted not only a new name (George Knowall) for these rarely seen pieces but also a new persona. Writing his column 'Bones of Contention' for the Nationalist and Leinster Times he took on the character of the quizzical and enquiring humorist who might be found in a respectable public house in Carlow: erudite urbane and informative he is the country cousin of the Myles of Dublin yet still a facet of the complex character who wrote The Third Policeman and At Swim-Two-Birds. His delight in words his uncanny ability to see through humbug are unparalleled. Writers as disparate as James Joyce Dylan Thomas Graham Greene and Anthony Burgess have marvelled at his talent. New readers will discover that he is one of the funniest writers in any language at any time.</span></p>