A review by kevin_milne
Dubliners by James Joyce

5.0

Joyce of course is praised for his big operatic masterpieces; but it’s in these little short-story concertos that I feel his skill and insight are truly and understatedly on display. Elegiac, sad-ish, but full to the brim with passion and love for Dublin. Reading it while in the city may have boosted my rating slightly, but thats how books work: we take them in their context, and this one hit just at the right place and time.