
First published in 1989 No Laughing Matter: The Life and Times of Flann O'Brien was the first full-length biography of Flann O'Brien. Rich in background, anecdote and social history, it is an extraordinary portrait of a writer and his times, perceptive, sympathetic and...

Presents the life and career of the Irish novelist, including his childhood, his days as a newspaper columnist, his marriage, and his final days.


