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At Swim-Two-Birds (1997): Film vs Book
Film · 1997
About the film
A student writes about a writer who writes about his characters.
How close is it to the book?
Loosely based on the bookThe comic, nested novel is hard to put on film, so the adaptation reshapes it.
Read or watch first?
The book's tricks are the point.
What the book gives you
At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O’Brien
A witty, clever and wonderfully odd story-within-a-story.
Who will like it: Readers who like playful, inventive novels about writing.