James Joyce's Ulysses, as almost everybody knows by now, is a long book recounting life in Dublin on a single day: June 16, 1904.-- The James Joyce Murder by Amanda Cross. This is the second in her series featuring English professor Kate Fansler. I haven't read the first one yet, so I am breaking with my usual rule of reading a series in order. I feel so wild.
I think I am really going to like this one. It was published in 1967, so satisfies my recent yearning for vintage mysteries (even if it is past the 1960 cut-off date for the Vintage Mystery Challenge), it has a literary theme (even if I have mixed feelings about Joyce after tackling Finnigans Wake), and it takes place in the Berkshires.
This book appeals to me too--like the vintage aspect, the literary aspect, and the Irish aspect.
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There does seem to be some appeal in those literary mysteries, almost like you're enjoying the literary merit of the actual read and the referenced book. Not a very enticing opening to a book, but seems like an interesting premise...
ReplyDeleteHaving just read Ulysses recently, this sounds rather therapeutic.
ReplyDeleteI read this one! Nice stuff.
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