An Béal Bocht
An Béal Bocht (The Poor Mouth) is a 1941 novel in Irish by Flann O'Brien, published under the pseudonym "Myles na gCopaleen". It is widely regarded as one of the greatest Irish-language novels of the 20th century. An English translation by Patrick C. Power appeared in 1973. Stan Gebler Davies wrote: "The Poor Mouth is wildly funny, but there is at the same time always a sense of black evil. Only O'Brien's genius, of all the writers I can think of, was capable of that mixture of qualities."
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| Author | Myles na gCopaleen |
|---|---|
| Original title | An Béal Bocht |
| Translator | Patrick C. Power |
| Country | Ireland |
| Language | Irish |
| Genre | Satire, Parody |
| Publisher | An Preas Náisiúnta |
Publication date | 1941 |
Published in English | 1973 |
| Media type | Print () |
| Pages | 114 |
| ISBN | 0-85342-794-1 |
| OCLC | 31272718 |
| Preceded by | The Third Policeman |
| Followed by | The Hard Life |
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