Ireland is getting
set to party in honor James Joyce. The reason the party is on 16 June 2004 is because that is 100 years from when Ulysses was set. So who does the festival appoint to be the director of the party? Someone who hasn't even read the book, of course,
"I have to confesses that I've never waded my way through Ulysses, but I'm hugely proud that we have produced a writer who's esteemed internationally," Laura Weldon, the national co-ordinator of the festivals.
Maybe she was unfortunate enough to catch
the movie.
