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Milly served me that cutlet with a sprig of parsley. Lubricate,” Joyce writes after Bloom orders the cheese sandwich. “Ulysses” highlights a single day - Jin the lives of Bloom, his wife, Molly, and Stephen Dedalus, Joyce’s alter ego, with abstract parallels to Homer’s “Odyssey.” It’s a famously difficult read, showcasing Joyce’s jagged, stream-of-consciousness writing style, with incomplete sentences and random thoughts. But some details haven’t changed: Offered alongside organic smoked salmon, Atlantic prawns and traditional lamb stew, a gorgonzola sandwich with brown bread is still on the menu. Neatly draped tablecloths cover bar tables, and strategically placed wine glasses scintillate in the evening glow. “‘Ulysses’ is kind of an episodic journey of Leopold Bloom, moving through the city meeting various characters, fair-weather friends and enemies,” explains our tour guide, Finbarr Doyle with the Dublin Literary Pub Crawl, describing the best-known work from one of the 20th century’s most influential writers.Ī look inside Davy Byrnes reveals that the Dublin institution has certainly modernized since Joyce’s time.
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Davy Byrnes is where Leopold Bloom, the protagonist of Joyce’s epic novel “Ulysses,” stops in for a gorgonzola sandwich and a glass of Burgundy. That’s what I’m thinking as I stand in front of Davy Byrnes, the last stop in a literary pub crawl through central Dublin streets packed with revelers on a Friday night this spring. Who could have imagined a cheese sandwich would play such an important role in James Joyce’s enduring legacy?