The Poor Mouth / An Béal Bocht: A Bad Story about the Hard Life

Flann O'Brien

A parody of the Gaelic peasant writings of the Irish revival, the book features Bonaparte O'Coonassa who tells the story of his life. It was first published in Gaelic in 1941 as An Béal Bocht and only translated into English in 1973.

Pan Books 1975

Translated into: Danish, Croatian, Galician

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Danish, Croatian, Galician