Kevin Birmingham

author, 'The Most Dangerous Book'

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Author of The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce's Ulysses

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What exactly made Ulysses so dangerous? Like an eye into the future, this difficult, all-consuming book still seems radical almost a century after its publication.

Kevin Birmingham: The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce’s Ulysses (Part II)

What exactly made Ulysses so dangerous? Like an eye into the future, this difficult, all-consuming book still seems radical almost a century after its publication.

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Kevin Birmingham delves into the history of censorship surrounding the publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses for its seemingly seditious, immoral content.

Kevin Birmingham: The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce’s Ulysses (Part I)

Kevin Birmingham delves into the history of censorship surrounding the publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses for its seemingly seditious, immoral content.

from Bookworm

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