Book
At Swim-Two-Birds
- Published
- 1939
- Genre
- SciFi/Fantasy
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Canada, Limited
- Pages
- 239
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/97333.At_Swim_Two_Birds?ac=1&from_search=true
Reading measures
- Lexile
- 1120L
A wildly comic send-up of Irish literature and culture, At Swim-Two-Birds is the story of a young, lazy, and frequently drunk Irish college student who lives with his curmudgeonly uncle in Dublin. When not in bed (where he seems to spend most of his time) or reading he is composing a mischief-filled novel about Dermot Trellis, a second-rate author whose characters ultimately rebel against him and seek vengeance. From drugging him as he sleeps to dropping the ceiling on his head, these figures of Irish myth make Trellis pay dearly for his bad writing.
Collections
Time Magazine 1923-2005
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780140181722
- ISBN-10
- 0140181725
Tags
AuthorDublinIrelandTime Magazine Best BooksWriting