I think that most fans of crime fiction have heard of James
Joyce and his most famous novel. I've never read book myself,
but I could offer up a brief summary and a few facts just off
the top of my head. Let's say that most college educated
folks will at least have heard of the author.
Most crime fiction fans have probably not read the complete
works of Joyce due to a very simple fact. One could read
Ulysses or Wake, but it would take up a large chuck of
reading time that could be spent with a least a half dozen
mystery novels/paperback originals/etc. In reading, just like
the rest of life, you have to pick you spots. Give me a
couple of Fredric Brown PBs, a Charles Williams and, hell, 3
0r 4 Harry Whittingtons and you can read Ulysses.
We'll see whose grin is wider when were done.
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