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Happy birthday James Joyce and Ulysses

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Shaun Usher
Feb 02, 2022
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Today—2nd February 2022—marks 140 years since the birth of Irish novelist James Joyce and 100 years since publication of his opus, Ulysses—a modernist masterpiece believed by many to be one of the greatest books ever written, and by others to be an exhausting read, to put it mildly. In honour of Joyce and his difficult book(s), I had a flick through so…

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