by Flann O'Brien · HarperCollins Publishers · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780586089477
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The Hair of the Dogma is a collection of humorous columns written by Flann O'Brien for the Irish Times between 1947 and 1957, under the pseudonym of Myles na gCopaleen. This book offers a comic look at daily life in Dublin, exploring themes such as a man's relationship with his wife and his fondness for beer. An entertaining and witty Irish read.
Brian O'Nolan, whose pen names included Flann O'Brien, was an Irish Civil Service official, novelist, playwright and satirist, who is now considered a major figure in twentieth-century Irish literature. Born in Strabane, County Tyrone, he is regarded as a key figure in modernist and postmodern literature. His four English-language novels, At Swim-Two-Birds (1939), The Hard Life (1961), The Dalkey Archive (1964) and The Third Policeman (1967), were published under the pen name Flann O'Brien. His many satirical columns in The Irish Times and an Irish-language novel, An Béal Bocht (1941), were written under the name Myles na gCopaleen.
