Author(s): Flann O'Brien; William H. Gass (Introduction by)

Novel | Humour & Satire | Ireland | Dalkey Archive Press

Hailed as the paramount expression of metafiction and Irish culture, and uproariously funny and inventive, At Swim-Two-Birds has influenced generations of writers, broadening the possibilities of what can be done in ficiton. This comic novel is the story of a loafing and inebriated Dublin-based university student who composes a mischief-filled novel about a protagonist doomed to fail as a writer.