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“I’m a spiritual lyrical individual” - James Joyce

Joyce has held the title belt of English prose since 1916 and I don’t see anyone else claiming it. Maybe Nabokov could have gotten it if he’d been a native speaker. Anyway it’s really a sublime piece of art and one I will return to - once again - later in life. I look forward to reading Ulysses sometime soon, hopefully this year.

Also: this read was via audiobook, read by Gerry O’Brien, who was fit for the role