‘What you think is the point is not the point at all but only the beginning of the sharpness’—Flann O'Brien. The Philosopher’s Book Club is back and we're discussing Flann O’Brien’s The Third Policeman, a novel about the consequences of a murder occasioned by the narrator’s desire to publish a book about his favourite philosopher, de Selby. From bicycles and wooden legs to dualism and the nature of reality, O’Brien’s absurdist tale contains more philosophical themes (and footnotes) than you can shake a stick at. Join us as we bring philosophical and literary minds together to answer the question, ‘Is it about a bicycle?’.
Paul Fagan is an editor for The Parish Review: Journal of Flann O’Brien Studies and founder of The International Flann O’Brien Society.
Caitlín Doherty is a poet and historian.
David Papineau is Professor of Philosophy, KCL/CUNY.
Clare Moriarty is Fellow, Forum for Philosophy and IRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Trinity College Dublin.
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