The Perfect Match: Satire and Suffering in the Poor Mouth and the Inconvenient Indian
by Angelica Joy (AJ) Calapiz
June 2018
As James Joyce, the most influential Irish novelist, writes, Flann O’Brien is “a real writer with the true comic spirit”, a spirit that pervades The Poor Mouth. There is no doubt humour is a crucial factor of the book, a momentous aspect that seems to make the misery and suffering described enjoyable.
Cleanup on Isle Five
by Scout Wasdell
June 2018
After many years of being asked, “If you were on an island and could only bring one thing, what would you bring?” one may be frustrated after reading The Tempest for never having said magic powers. With magic powers, one can do practically anything: conjure food, build a raft, or enslave an island’s native inhabitants.
