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The Third Policeman

Von: Flann O'Brien
Gesprochen von: Jim Norton
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Flann O'Brien's most popular and surrealistic novel concerns an imaginary, hellish village police force and a local murder.

Weird, satirical, and very funny, its popularity has suddenly increased with the mention of the novel in the TV series Lost.

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©1967 Flann O'Brien (P)2012 Naxos AudioBooks Belletristik Klassiker Kleinstadt- & Landleben Literatur & Belletristik Satire Schwarzer Humor

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Why we think it's Essential: Jim Norton turns this wild post-modern romp into an accessible absurdist story that sounds as though it has been narrated by a studio full of talent. This modern classic can often make little sense when read, but Norton never misses a beat. While the story ranges from life to afterlife and everywhere in between, Norton keeps us grounded, entertained, and totally engrossed. You might've missed it in lit class, but don't let it roll by now. — Chris Doheny

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"If ever a book was brought to life by a reading, it is this presentation of O'Brien's posthumously published classic. Norton individually crafts voices and personalities for each character in such a way that a listener might imagine an entire cast of voice talent working overtime....[He] ties the ribbon on a perfect presentation of this absurd and chilling masterpiece." ( Publishers Weekly)
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Genial wie erwartet !!! Flann O'Brian halt.
Hoffentlich wird es bald mehr von ihm geben .....

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Of course Flann O'Brien (or more precisely Brian O'Nolan) is a pillarstone of modern Irish literature and whatever critical remarks I make, will mark me as a nincompoop. Jim Norton's reading style did not help much to reduce my frustration with the story, because he appeared to work on a new speed record in reading. Naturally there was little color and nuance in the fast talking.

There is some humor in Flann O'Brien's aimlessly meandering narrative, but I would not call it dark, as some professional reviews say, to me it seemed to be simply infantile. Flann O'Brien seems to be obsessed with the childish question and answer game, we know from Rumpelstilitskin. I have a hard time to believe that there are readers around, who would not want to push the fast forward button, when a dozen or more times somebody asks for the profession or name and the answer is unwaveringly: "No, that is not it"

Yes, the story is bizarre and grotesque, but not very original. Monty Python does a much better job with bizarre humor by the way. The Third Policeman is not only lengthy, repetitive and boring at times, even worse, it can get on your nerve to listen to lengthy footnotes in a ficticious book of a ficticious author or the endless and detailed description of a box, which contains a smaller box, which again contains a smaller box and so on for 29 or more times.

Without giving away too much the storyline is as follows. A nameless orphan, who lost both his parents in his early childhood, becomes obsessed with the writings of a ficticious De Selby. He becomes so engrossed with De Selby that he lets the farm and the public house, he inherited, fall a part and spends all his time on writing commentaries on De Selby. To solve his monetary problems, he finally decides to kill and rob an old man. The killing itself is quite brutal, but the loot escapes him. To regain it, he goes to the police, where he learns about the atomic theory, the world being a sausage and people turning into bicycles.

If you really have too much time on your hands, read the book and form your own opinion.

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