In Bed with Ulysses
2012 · 1h 20m
Documentary
Directed by
Alan Adelson
,
Kate Taverna
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In Bed with Ulysses
Overview
How the novel that is widely considered the greatest work of modern fiction was created and the toll it took on James Joyce's family.
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