Flann O'Brien and Miles na Gapalin are two literary masks of the Irishman Brian O'Nuallan. And if the first wrote in the language of “foggy Albion,” then the second wrote in the language of the people of Ireland. The Russian reader is already familiar with O'Brien's novels, it's time to get acquainted with Miles on Gapalin. “...My Irish surname is O'Kunasa, my Irish name is Bonaparte, and Ireland is my dear homeland. I don’t really remember the day I was born, or anything that happened in the first six months that I spent in this world, but, without a doubt, I was already leading some kind of life at that time, although I don’t remember it myself , for if it weren’t for me then, I wouldn’t exist now, and reason comes to a person gradually, like to every other creature...”