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...THIRD POLICEMAN, by Flann O'Brien. A brilliant Joycean romp through the nether world, written by the late Irish novelist in 1940 and now published in the U.S. for the first time...
Despite the Midshipmen's grueling style of play. Navy shouldn't give Harvard's racquetmen much trouble. Early in the season Navy narrowly slipped by Amherst. 5-4, only to watch Harvard romp over the Geoffs, 9-0, a week later...
SMASHING TIME. Lynn Redgrave and Rita Tushingham participate in this romp à la mod, which has too much bashing to be smashing, as it substitutes claptrap slapstick for the once refined art of British comedy...
...THIRD POLICEMAN, by Flann O'Brien. A brilliant Joycean romp through the nether world, written by the late Irish novelist in 1940 and now published in the U.S. for the first time...
...long, pretentious art movie. It should be read passively, with a relaxed eye toward its techniques, composition, shifts in style. And there should be frequent trips to the popcorn machine. A cheerful open-mindedness is essential because, for all its gothic appurtenances, the novel is a free-swinging romp, a virtuoso performance by an urbane writer who exuberantly deploys a variety of literary tricks-and then plays tricks on the tricks...