Moore is a new discovery for me and I’m hooked. A short, remarkably poignant novel that should be better known.
S6 E7 Blasphemy: Moore, ‘The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne’ (1955)
S5 E8 All Cork: O’Faoláin ‘Bird Alone’ (1932)
When Seán O’Faoláin tried to do for Cork what Joyce had done for Dublin. He was disgusted when this love letter to his native city was banned and spent years agitating against censorship.
S4 BONUS Fecundshite: Joyce ‘Ulysses’ (1922)
James Joyce went way beyond smut when he wrote Ulysses, an epic modernist masterpiece. The censorship history of Ulysses is as mind boggling as the author’s bloody-minded determination to offend. In a bizarre twist, this filthy book was never banned in Ireland.
