Some savage faculty for observation told him that most respectable and estimable people usually had a lot of books in their houses. - Brian O'Nolan

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Some savage faculty for observation told him that most respectable and estimable people usually had a lot of books in their houses.

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About Brian O'Nolan

Brian O'Nolan (5 October 1911 – 1 April 1966) was an Irish novelist, journalist and humorist, better known by his pseudonyms Flann O’Brien and Myles na gCopaleen (or Myles na Gopaleen).

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Pen Names: Myles na gCopaleen Flann O'Brien Myles na Gopaleen Brother Barnabas George Knowall
Native Name: Brian Ó Nualláin
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Is it life?" he answered, "I would rather be without it," he said, "for there is queer small utility in it. You cannot eat it or drink it or smoke it in your pipe, it does not keep the rain out and it is a poor armful in the dark if you strip it and take it to bed with you after a night of porter when you are shivering with the red passion. It is a great mistake and a thing better done without, like bed-jars and foreign bacon.

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