1930s New York was a town of shebeens, jazz, sex and. Ulysses. It was the era of Prohibition and James Joyce s novel - like liquor - was much in demand, but could only be bought under the counter. Until, that was, a feisty young publisher sailed to Paris to buy the rights from Joyce, hired the best free speech lawyer in the land, and took a case to liberate Ulysses from American censorship.
1930s New York was a town of shebeens, jazz, sex and. Ulysses. It was the era of Prohibition and James Joyce s novel - like liquor - was much in demand, but could only be bought under the counter. Until, that was, a feisty young publisher sailed to Paris to buy the rights from Joyce, hired the best free speech lawyer in the land, and took a case to liberate Ulysses from American censorship.