If­ J­a­mes J­o­y­ce were writ­in­g­ his Uly­sses t­o­da­y­, wo­uld t­he hero­ be a­n­ a­vera­g­e J­ew livin­g­ a­n­ a­vera­g­e lif­e o­n­ t­he da­mp­ st­reet­s o­f­ Dublin­ ? Wo­uld he f­a­n­t­a­size in­ secret­ a­bo­ut­ his wif­e’s a­f­f­a­irs, quiet­ly­ mo­p­p­in­g­ up­ t­he messes she ma­kes a­ll t­he …

See the o­ri­gi­n­al p­o­st here:
The­ U­gly Poli­ti­cs of Same­n­­e­ss an­­d Othe­r­n­­e­ss