"If we don't cherish the work of Flann O'Brien we are stupid fools who don't deserve to have great men. Flann O'Brien is a very great man."
–Anthony Burgess, author of A Clockwork Orange "Brilliant, morosely inventive comic turns devoted to O'Brien's favourite topics: the literary life, the Gaelic Revival, civil service bureaucracy, booze and its discontents." –The Observer
"This volume collects the best of [his newspaper] pieces. O'Brien leans on many Irish cliches (poverty, boozing, etc.) but uses them often with great humor." –Library Journal
"Not to be missed." –The Washington Post
"The best comic writer I can think of." –S.J. Perelman
