The Finnegans Wake Challenge IV

James Joyce: Finnegans Wake (Shem the Penman)

It’s St. Patrick’s Day, and time for my fourth annual reading from James Joyce’s linguistically challenging masterpiece.

This year, I turn to page 169, with the beginning of Joyce’s unflattering (and somewhat autobiographical) portrait of Shem the Penman.
 
As I’ve cautioned in my previous entries
from 2015, 2016 and 2017 . . .
 
Don’t try to figure it out. Just enjoy the ride.
 
Slaínte.

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