"He comes into the world God knows how, walks on the water, gets out of his grave and goes up off the Hill of Howth. What drivel is this?"
About James Joyce
James Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, widely regarded as one of the most influential writers of the 20th century, best known for works such as Ulysses, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and Finnegans Wake.
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