The Various Lives of Keats and Chapman: Including 'The Brother' - Tapa blanda

That s a real writer, with the true comic spirit. --James Joyce

Along with Joyce and Beckett, he constitutes our trinity of great Irish writers. And who is funnier? --Edna O'Brien

A major author... Flann O Brien assault(s) your brain with words, style, magic, madness, and unlimited invention. --Anthony Burgess

Including 'The Brother', O'Brien's most lasting comic creation, these are the hilarious escapades of Keats and Chapman, which first appeared in Flann O'Brien's legendary column in The Irish Times as shaggy dog stories -- always ending in a terrible pun -- that demonstrate his extraordinary comic inventiveness. The Brother is the quintessential Dubliner, an authority on every topic who always knows best, and has become a loved Irish comic character and is the author of the great ode to stout.