At Swim, Two Boys
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At Swim, Two Boys (2001) is a novel by Irish writer Jamie O'Neill. The title is a punning allusion to Flann O'Brien's At Swim-Two-Birds. The book is written in a stream-of-consciousness style, which has led to favourable comparisons to James Joyce.[1]
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Author | Jamie O'Neill |
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Language | English |
Genre | Fiction |
Publisher | Scribner |
Publication date | 2001 |
Publication place | Ireland |
Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
Pages | 643 pages |
ISBN | 0-7432-0713-0 |
OCLC | 47037422 |
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LC Class | PR6065.N4194 A92 2001 |
Ten years after publication, Alison Walsh, reviewing the year 2001 for the Sunday Independent, called it "a vintage one in Irish writing", specifically naming the "unforgettable" At Swim, Two Boys alongside books by Dermot Bolger, Eoin Colfer and Nuala O'Faolain.[2] Terry Pender commented on At Swim, Two Boys: "With only this work O'Neill can take his rightful place among the great Irish writers beginning with Joyce and ending with Roddy Doyle".[3]