James Joyce (1882–1941) had a feckless father, a long-suffering mother, and ten siblings. Stricken by failure, poverty, and premature deaths, his family was in precipitous decline throughout his lifetime. He was well educated at two prestigious Jesuit schools—Belvedere and Clongowes—and at University College, Dublin, the Catholic university founded by Cardinal Newman. As (...)
August 17, 2012
Books
Unlucky Jim
James JoyceA New BiographyGordon BowkerFarrar, Straus and Giroux, $35, 608 pp.
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