In this fun-filled extravaganza Myles is, above all, an entertainer, a 'gas man'. Like much of O'Nolan's most entertaining work, the pieces in this did not originally appear in book form, but in periodicals and newspapers that are now almost impossible to find. Myles Before Myles reveals that some of his wittiest and most unusual pieces were published years before Myles na Gopaleen (or Flann O'Brien) had even been born, and were destined to lie in almost complete obscurity for many decades.

A compilation of uproarious writings from the pen of Brian O'Nolan aka Flann O'Brien, Myles na Gopaleen and George Knowall.