De Selby is a fictional character written by which Irish writer?
De Selby "De Selby" (spelled "de Selby" in "The Third Policeman" and "De Selby" in "The Dalkey Archive") is a fictional character originally created by Flann O'Brien for his novel "The Third Policeman" in which the nameless narrator intends to use the proceeds of murder and robbery to publish his commentaries on de Selby — a crackpot savant who theorizes, among other things, that the earth is actually shaped like a sausage.
Tales from Bective Bridge Tales from Bective Bridge is a collection of ten short stories concerning rural Ireland and its populace by the writer, Mary Lavin, born an American, who returned along with her family to Ireland in 1925.