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I started The Shadow of the Torturer the other day, and it really is excellent, isn't it? What with Ulysses in paperback & the Gene Wolfe on the e-reader, I'm doing some serious remedial work to plug major gaps in my reading.

…ditched the erroneous mindset that a reasonably well-read person ought surely be able to cope with it unaided, & have instead approached it as I did the Odyssey itself when I first read it in the original, which would have been madness without reference to commentaries, notes, & translations.

Good morning! I hope your week has started well. I'm still working through 'Ulysses', now using resources (including the Harry Blamires book recommended here by @mysterious6030.bsky.social last week) supplied by my on-tap lit expert @muinbeoarchives.bsky.social. Getting on much better now that I've…

Panenka - Rónán Hession
Time After Time - Molly Keane
In a Glass Darkly - Sheridan Le Fanu
At Swim-Two-Birds - Flann O'Brien
Young Tom or Very Mixed Company - Forrest Reid