What better way to tackle the most titanic of twentieth century novels—both within and beyond the text itself—than to bring in a very special guest? Indirect Books’ debut author, and noted literary maverick, Michael Nath joins to show to get stuck in to Joyce’s monumental Ulysses. We take a look at Episodes Four (“Calypso”) & Five (“The Lotus Eaters”), more or less, in this epic two-part conversation.

In this second episode, we get into Episode Five of the novel, talk a little about the resonances to Michael’s own Talbot & The Fall, and generally carry on much as we did in Part One. We also look at some of the very funny and insightful letters written by Margaret Anderson and Jane Heap, as found in my copy, The Little Review “Ulysses”. We also talk about T. S. Eliot’s essay “Ulysses, Order, and Myth”.

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