@article{pr 4748, author = {Martin Maguire}, title = {A Distasteful Milieu: Brian O’Nolan and the Civil Service, 1935–51}, volume = {6}, year = {2022}, url = {https://parishreview.openlibhums.org/article/id/4748/}, issue = {1}, doi = {10.16995/pr.4748}, abstract = {This article examines what Brian O’Nolan described as the ‘distasteful’ milieu of the civil service, contextualising O’Nolan’s career as a civil servant that paralleled his career as a writer. The civil service and officialdom are a growing presence in his writings, especially in <i>Cruiskeen Lawn</i> where Myles na gCopaleen speaks on behalf of the increasingly bitter civil servant, Brian O’Nolan.}, month = {7}, pages = {1–18}, keywords = {Civil Service,Private Secretary,Administrative Officer,Principal Officer,Myles na gCopaleen,Seán MacEntee,Patrick Smith,Retirement}, issn = {2634-145X}, publisher={Open Library of Humanities}, journal = {The Parish Review: Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies} }