Rejoycing in the literary luminaries of Paris
One day in the late 1920s, an Irish priest arrived in Sylvia Beach’s legendary bookshop, Shakespeare & Company, then located at 12 rue de l’Odeon, Paris. He bought a copy of Ulysses by James Joyce. Then he asked: ‘‘Any more spicy books?”
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By Conor Fennell
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One day in the late 1920s, an Irish priest arrived in Sylvia Beach’s legendary bookshop, Shakespeare & Company, then located at 12 rue de l’Odeon, Paris. He bought a copy of Ulysses by James Joyce. Then he asked: ‘‘Any more spicy books?”
Combing Ulysses for the naughty bits, he was doubtless ...
