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| Preface | 11 | |
| Waama, Etc | 15 | |
| The Brother | 41 | |
| The Plain People of Ireland | 79 | |
| Research Bureau | 112 | |
| The Cruiskeen Court of Voluntary Jurisdiction | 137 | |
| The District Court | 148 | |
| Sir Myles Na gCopaleen | 154 | |
| For Steam Men | 163 | |
| Keats and Chapman | 180 | |
| The Myles Na gCopaleen Catechism of Cliche | 201 | |
| Criticism, Art, Letters | 228 | |
| Irish and Related Matters | 262 | |
| Bores | 286 | |
| Miscellaneous | 306 |
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Steve Curtis
reviewed The Best of Myles: A Selection from Cruiskeen Lawn on October 04, 2010
The Best of Myles: A Selection from Cruiskeen Lawn
This bumper-sized collection of Cruiskeen Lawn columns runs to 400 pages in a small 10pt font. You would be mistaken for thinking this covers his entire career at the Irish Times. In fact, it only covers from 1940-1945. Begad!
Bearing this in mind, his output was extraordinary. The range of wit, erudition, linguistic skill and creativity is outrageous. Among the funniest columns are the "Research Bereau," "The Brother" and the "Catechism of Cliché." O'Brien is at his finest when taking a ridiculous idea and stretching it to breaking point.
His grasp of language is also amazing. This book bedazzles with endless wordplay and puns. There are also frequent forays into Latin and French, as well as an entire section written in Gaelic. The section "Miscellenous" is less successful. There are one too many rambling and baffling columns here, and the book does seem to run on forever.
Still: a top read and the definitive collection of O'Brien's articles and genius during wartime Ireland. A pint of Flann is your only man.
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