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Feb 2, 2022 9 tweets 6 min read
Brian O'Nolan wrote a good deal about James Joyce's "Ulysses", either in his Myles na gCopaleen columns, his non-fiction, or obliquely in his Flann O'Brien novels. For #Ulysses100 this thread shares these pieces, in which he by turns teases, praises & analyses Joyce's masterpiece Myles often turns to his copy of "Ulysses" when reflecting on topics ranging from foot and mouth disease to the Irish Tourist board, quoting extensively from his favourite passages with commentary ("Note the delicacy of Joyce's ommission of the query mark here") #Ulysses100