The Independent - London, January 22nd, 1997
James Joyce's Ulysses came fourth in this week's Books of the Century poll. Like every impressionable teenager who ever fell into step behind Leopold Bloom, I think Joyce was robbed. And besides, his Dublin was a far more enticing destination than Tolkien's Mordor. I had long imagined walking through the streets of the Irish capital. As an adult, I appeared to be the only person in Britain not to have nipped across the sea for a hen weekend, rugby international binge or similar occasion involving copious amounts of drinking. So it was with a sense of returning to a long-lost home that I finall...
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