Understand my cunning, my double duplicity, my game with ignorance and gullibility! Is it any wonder that I chose a career in banking? Few novelists have mastered the art of storytelling, especially in its most boundless form, as Flann O'Brien has. With absurdity, a blend of farce and philosophy, a whimsically presented wealth of knowledge, and plenty of loquacious nonsense, he filled his books. Anna Mikula and Harry Rowohlt have selected the most delightful malice and cleverness from the complete works of Flann O'Brien and compiled them into an entertaining read.