{"product_id":"the-united-states-vs-ulysses-paperback","title":"The United States Vs Ulysses - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eColin Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe country's on fire! The Klan on the march again. Fascists organising - in America!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd books are being burned.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's 1933, and James Joyce's sexually explicit\u003ci\u003e Ulysses\u003c\/i\u003e has been banned in the US for a decade. But now a hungry young publisher and an ambitious lawyer have teamed up to take on the puritans. Can they convince the judge that \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e is not obscene? And what will happen when \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e gets under their skin-and Molly Bloom gets into their heads? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe United States vs Ulysses\u003c\/i\u003e is a bawdy courtroom drama telling the true story of the New York trial that liberated James Joyce's seminal novel from American censorship and made Joyce a cultural icon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition was published to coincide with the North American premiere from Once Off Productions at the Irish Arts Center, New York in May 2025.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eColin Murphy\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ewrites plays about politics, and journalism. He is the author of a series of plays on Irish political history: \u003ci\u003eHaughey\/Gregory\u003c\/i\u003e, on the 1982 \"Gregory Deal\", \u003ci\u003eInside the GPO, \u003c\/i\u003e on the Easter Rising\u003ci\u003e, Guaranteed!, \u003c\/i\u003e on the bank guarantee of 2008, \u003ci\u003eand Bailed Out!\u003c\/i\u003e, on the subsequent crisis and Troika \"bailout\" of 2010, all produced by Fishamble. He adapted the latter two for screen, as \u003ci\u003eThe Guarantee\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Bailout\u003c\/i\u003e (both produced by John Kelleher Media). He adapted the Charlie Bird book \u003ci\u003eA Day in May\u003c\/i\u003e for the stage. His verbatim dramas\u003ci\u003e, Jack Duggan's War\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJudging Shaw\u003c\/i\u003e (based on Fintan O'Toole's book of the same name) have been staged by ANU Productions. His short film \u003ci\u003eLeave to Remain\u003c\/i\u003e was made for RTÉ Storyland (produced by Treasure Entertainment). He writes a weekly column for the Sunday Business Post.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.15 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47219871645945,"sku":"9781350565814","price":21.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/i_QfJNhHsY9781350565814.webp?v=1768170435","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-united-states-vs-ulysses-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}