About the book: 2017 / Now all of O'Brien's novels and the volume of his selected columns (as well as a handful of smaller prose) exist in Russian - including this one , “The Dolka Archive” (1964), the last novel published during the author’s lifetime. This book is a gift from the legendary Proteus of Irish literature and journalism to all lovers of the absurd and fans of “The Third Policeman”: the mad scientist De Selby is trying to destroy the world by pumping all the oxygen out of the air, simultaneously using many of his own absurd inventions. There are also two amazing policemen, as well as James Joyce (alive and well) and St. Augustine, the main characters of the book - Hackett and Mick - seem to have stepped out of the pages of Beckett, and we, the readers, are treated to a detective story, a love line, and drama ideas, and absurdity, and, of course, Irish humor. And one more thing: all proper names are given in accordance with the modern pronunciation norm of the English language.