‘Topnobbers’—James Joyce and Louis Werner

‘Louis Werner is touring here, Mr Bloom said. O yes, we’ll have all topnobbers. J.C. Doyle and John MacCormack I hope and. The best, in fact.’ (James Joyce, Ulysses) By Eugene Dunphy From boyhood into manhood, James Joyce was immersed in music. At the Martello Terrace family home in Bray, he often witnessed his father ... Read more

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