Uvrón’s Reviews > No Laughing Matter: The Life and Times of Flann O'Brien > Status Update

O’Brien writing a work memo in 1944 vociferously argues against incentives to marry, to get a mortgage, and other inducements to become a ‘mouse’ anchored to financial commitment and afraid of losing a job and pension; against businessmen in politics; and in favor of a system that makes public service “emancipatory rather than restrictive”.

Even a privileged drunk 80 years ago could see it.