Monday, May 2, 2011

3rd May 2011: chapter twelve – ‘Cyclops’

“I was just passing the time of day with old Troy of the D. M. P. at the corner of Arbour hill there and be damned but a bloody sweep came along and he near drove his gear into my eye. I turned around to let him have the weight of my tongue when who should I see dodging along Stony Batter only Joe Hynes. ...”
Navan Ulysses Reading Group continues tomorrow night [Tuesday] 3rd of May with a reading of the uproarious Cyclops chapter. Bloom turns up at Barney Kiernan’s pub on Little Britain Street on an errand of mercy only to be accosted and falsely accused by his fellow Dubliners lead by ‘The Citizen’. The cyclops-Citizen [modelled on Michael Cusack, founder of the G.A.A.] is one of the most memorable characters in Joyce’s novel and his haranguing and eventual attack of Bloom is one of the most memorable pieces of writing in Joyce’s entire body of work.   
Join us for an evening of sheer fun and enjoyment tomorrow evening from 6:30 onwards in Navan Library.
All welcome, suggested donation €5.

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