O’Brien was that rare thing: an Irish writer who was never banned in Ireland. A book that was less a plot and more a conspiracy confused the filthy-minded censors.
S3 Bonus Thick Thighs: O’Brien, ‘At Swim Two Birds’ (1939)
S2 E10 Filth and Faeces: Beckett, ‘More Pricks than Kicks’ (1934)
A riotous, whirling, silly read that hides it’s rudeness with classical allusions and puns. The blasphemous, punning and lewd title earned it’s ban but there was a profusion of filth within.
