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Always wanted to tackle the great Irish writer but not sure Ulysses is for you? This handy primer may just help you find a way in

In the world of books, a modern classic is an altogether more slippery thing than a classic: it must walk a line between freshness and durability; reflect the current age but hope to outlast it. For individual publishers, given many 20th-century writers are still in copyright, a modern classics list will necessarily be partial. However,