The hard life an exegesis of squalor / by Flann O'Brien ; by Brian O'Nolan, 21 Watersland Road, Stillorgan, County Dublin, Ireland 1961.

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The hard life an exegesis of squalor / by Flann O'Brien ; by Brian O'Nolan, 21 Watersland Road, Stillorgan, County Dublin, Ireland 1961.

First draft typescript with autograph corrections of Flann O'Brien's (Brian O'Nolan) work The Hard Life which was first published by MacGibbon and Kee in 1961. O'Brien gives the page count as 136, not including title page and dedication. However, there are two page 5s and two page 135s.

140 l. 32.5 cm.

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O'Brien, Flann, 1911-1966

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Flann O'Brien was born as Brian O'Nolan on October 5, 1911, in Strabane, Ireland to Michael Vincent O'Nolan and Agnes (Gormley) O’Nolan. O’Brien was the third oldest, with eleven siblings: Gearóid, Ciarán, Roisin, Fergus, Kevin, Maeve, Nessa, Nuala, Sheila, Niall, and Micheál. O'Brien attended Synge Street Christian Brothers School then Blackrock College, where he was taught English by the President of the College, and future Archbishop, John Charles McQuaid. McQuaid helped O’Brien publish his f...