Sunny Jim & Herr Satan: Gordon Bowker on James Joyce

Gordon Bowker
discusses his
landmark biography
of Joyce with
Anthony Roche
Of all the modernists, James Joyce has had the most lasting effect on serious fiction. Indeed, Eliot said
he ‘killed the nineteenth century’. Richard Ellmann’s much admired biography of Joyce first appeared in 1959 but new
material continues to emerge. This new and highly-praised biography draws on that and attempts to explore the inner
landscape of a writer who continues to influence and fascinate, well over a century after his birth.
Gordon Bowker is the acclaimed author of previous biographies of Malcolm Lowry and George Orwell. He lives in Notting Hill, London.
‘This biography is both learned and readable; it is an attractive monument to a brilliant,
kind-hearted, often unfortunate man.’ - Sunday Times
2.00pm, County Hall, Tickets E10 & E8 (Concession)

book_nowGordon Bowker discusses his landmark biography of Joyce with Anthony Roche.

Of all the modernists, James Joyce has had the most lasting effect on serious fiction. Indeed, Eliot said he ‘killed the nineteenth century’. Richard Ellmann’s much admired biography of Joyce first appeared in 1959 but new material continues to emerge. This new and highly-praised biography draws on that and attempts to explore the inner landscape of a writer who continues to influence and fascinate, well over a century after his birth.

Gordon Bowker is the acclaimed author of previous biographies of Malcolm Lowry and George Orwell. He lives in Notting Hill, London.

‘This biography is both learned and readable; it is an attractive monument to a brilliant,kind-hearted, often unfortunate man.’ - Sunday Times

Sunday September 4th
2.00pm
County Hall
Tickets €10 & €8 (Concession)
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