I tried 'Ulysses' for shits and giggles when I was a kid, and it was the 100th anniversary of Bloomsday. I found it utterly unimpenetrable, and was outright offended when I had to study 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' for my degree last year - and again this year! As far as I can see, it's just a big a pile of self-indulgence, and I see nothing revolutionary in its writing style. I mean, if I chose to eat mustard and jam on toast tomorrow, I'm sure I'd be the first, but that doesn't mean nobody else could have done it. They just knew better.
'Ulysses' might be better now I've a little more literature under my belt, but I just can't see that it could be worth it. I'm probably just going to add him to my mental list of 'Irish writers who appear to be laughing at me for not being Irish enough'. Myles na Gopalenn, I'm looking at you.
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