The Most Dangerous Book

The Battle for James Joyce's Ulysses

Kevin Birmingham

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Head of Zeus
17 March 2015

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

It will blow a hole in the well-guarded prison of English Literature' The Quarterly Review, 1922.

The Most Dangerous Book tells the painful yet exhilirating story of how Joyce's novel was conceived, written, published, burned, acclaimed and excoriated before taking its place as a masterpiece of world literature. Joyce's book ushered in the modernist era and changed the novel forever. But, for more than a decade, Ulysses was illegal to own, sell, advertise or purchase. Joyce himself was a penniless outcast, reliant on his faithful supporters to keep both himself and his family going. After decades of research, Kevin Birmingham brings this remarkable story to life: from the first stirrings of inspiration in 1904 to the landmark federal obscenity trial in 1933.

By: Kevin Birmingham
Imprint: Head of Zeus
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 32mm
ISBN: 9781784080730
ISBN 10: 178408073X
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 17 March 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Author Website: http://www.wardmccandlish.co.uk/AuthorPhoto/HeadofZeus/Kevin_Birmingham.jpg

Kevin Birmingham is a lecturer in History & Literature at Harvard. He was a bartender in a Dublin pub featured in ULYSSES for one day before he was unceremoniously fired. This is his first book.

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

'Riveting ... populated with enough larger-than-life characters and twists to make a fiction writer envious' Matthew Pearl. 'A wonderfully eye-opening read ... superb' Frank Delaney. 'Birmingham's imaginative scholarship brings Joyce and his world to life' Louis Menand. 'Kevin Birmingham has a deep love of Ulysses, and knows everything about Joyce. His learned book is a gripping page-tuner' A. N. Wilson, Sunday Telegraph. 'A riveting account of just how difficult it was to bring Ulysses into the world' Sunday Herald. 'It is a wonderful guide to the 20th century's most dangerous, brilliant book' The Sunday Times. 'Meticulously researched' Belfast Telegraph. 'Few books about publishing manage to be this gripping. Like the novel which it takes as its subject, it deserves to be read' Economist. 'Birmingham tells the story with a mixture of compelling insight and deeply researched knowledge to form that most unusual hybrid: an erudite page-turner' Mail on Sunday.