Ulysses

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I can take heart from Dan Mulhall, Ireland's ambassador to the US, whose Ulysses: A Reader's Odyssey is just published. He takes a practical approach: if some bits of the book prove just too baffling, simply bin them and skip on a few pages. -- Jude Webber * Financial Times * Powerfully, [Mulhall] argues that Joyce and Ireland for him are indissociable and that he retains a burning relevance today. -- Anne Fogarty * The Irish Times * ....an excellent guide through daunting terrain. -- Pat Carty * Hot Press * ...releases the great masterpiece from its reputation of impentrability. An affectionate, accessible tribute. -- JP O'Malley * Sunday Independent * Ambassador Mulhall cleverly decodes all 18 episodes of the novel, providing personal and funny insights that contextualize and illuminate Joyce's text, making you want to pick up "Ulysses" again. -- Ted Smyth * Irish Central * An informed, enjoyable guide, it homes in on Ulysses' emotional core [...] A convivial companion to help navigate Joyce's masterpiece. -- Dermot Bolger * Irish Independent * Never has a visit to the attic proven so educational. -- Dermot Keyes * Waterford News and Star * This book is a delightful, chatty introduction to the wonderful world of James Joyce's Ulysses -- Felix M. Larkin * The Irish Catholic * James Joyce's magnus opus remains in need of chaperones. This is certainly one of the better ones available - highly readable, personable and well researched. -- Kevin Power * The Times (UK) * 'In this genial, largely first-person narrative, based on Mulhall's experience of discussing Ulysses .. during his international postings, he argues that Joyce is a significant asset for the "soft power" of the Irish state.' -- Emer Nolan * The Times Literary Supplement * Mulhall brings a historian's eye to Joyce's text, rather than that of a literary critic, and he writes about Ulysses with exuberance and evident enjoyment. -- David Blake Knox * Dublin Review of Books *