num_pages: 260
description: Flann O'Brien's writing career was launched in 1939 with his brilliant first novel AT SWIM TWO BIRDS--a cult classic praised by James Joyce--quickly followed by other influential novels. But O'Brien lived a dark and tragic life, his writing obscured by various pseudonyms. Here Anthony Cronin, a member of O'Brien's intimate circle, offers a remarkable and fascinating portrait of the writer.
language: English
title: No Laughing Matter: The Life and Times of Flann O'Brien
titlecomplete: No Laughing Matter: The Life and Times of Flann O'Brien
characters: Flann O'Brien
genres: Ireland, Biography, Nonfiction, Literature, Irish Literature
ratings_count: 141
publisher: Grafton Books