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Is it about a bicycle?Flann O’Brien, The Third Policeman If a man stands before a mirror and sees in it his reflection, what he sees is not a true reproduction of himself but a picture of him…
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April 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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'Is it about a bicycle?' he asked.
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April 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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I’m in.
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Cover of Flann O’Brien’s The Third Policeman: Blue background with graphics of stars and constellations; Title is in white font; Profile image (drawn) of a policeman is at the centre bottom of the cover.
March 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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theuntranslated.bsky.social Andrei @theuntranslated.bsky.social · Mar 5
On this episode of the “Mining the Dalkey Archive: Irish Edition,” Tom Flynn joined Chad Post and Vincent Francone to discuss The Third Policeman, one of Flann O'Brien’s masterpieces.

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"The Third Policeman" by Flann O'Brien
Listen now | Yes, the story about Lost is in here.
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March 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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If I had not lost my American gold watch it would be possible for me to tell the time.

You have no American gold watch.
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April 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Which, strangely, kind of makes sense. #OBrien25 #TheThirdPoliceman
April 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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April 6, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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""No" is, generally speaking, a better answer than "Yes","
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April 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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“Nearly every sickness is from the teeth.” Do tell.
Chapter 4.
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April 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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April 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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“I am the captain of all the one-leggèd men in the country.”
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Is Martin Finnucane a future vision of our narrator? (Does our narrator have a name?)
April 3, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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NOT EVERYBODY knows how I killed old Phillip Mathers…but first it is better to speak of my friendship with John Divney….
April 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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I felt sure I was not going against the road. It was, so to speak, accompanying me.
April 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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I'm looking forward to learning more about this ghost. It's giving me Seth-illustrated Christmas story vibes. #TheThirdPoliceman #OBrien25
April 3, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Oof! Those epigraphs. It appears that this story will be dark.
April 1, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Look what I found at my library!
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(I enjoying listening with an accent.)
April 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Astonishing as it may seem, he makes this statement as a direct corollary to his discovery that the earth, far from being a sphere, is 'sausage-shaped.'
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April 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Apparently there is no limit, Joe remarked. Anything can be said in this place and it will be true and will have to be believed.
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April 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Fact

“I let go a gasp of astonishment that made a sound in the air like a bad puncture.” Ch 6 #OBrien25 #TheThirdPoliceman

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paperpills10.bsky.social Paperpills 💊🇵🇸❤️ @paperpills10.bsky.social · Apr 6
The gross and net result of it is that people who spent most of their natural lives riding iron bicycles over the rocky roadsteads of this parish get their personalities mixed up with the personalities of their bicycle as a result of the interchanging of the atoms
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April 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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And you would be flabbergasted at the number of bicycles that are half-human almost half-man, half-partaking of humanity.
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April 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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I began to tell myself that even if I did own everything, he owned me.
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April 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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I had to look up acatalectic and now I want to use it in everyday speech. 😂 #TheThirdPoliceman #OBrien25
April 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM