Set at Random

by Declan Dunne

A teenage boy from the Texas heartland is drawn into a comedy whirlwind; rolling up his sleeves in the fight to publish the most outrageous book ever written. Set Wright blazes a trail through suffocating censors and puritanical organizations to help lift the US ban on James Joyce’s Ulysses. The battle culminates in the greatest literary trial of the twentieth century; pitting the publishers, Random House, against the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, which views Ulysses as scandalous and obscene. Amid the trampoline exhilarations and swamp-sucking drama of the court case, Set’s odyssey leads him to first love and having to make a cliff-edge decision both surprising and revelatory.

Genres: Fiction

307 pages, Paperback

First published October 4, 2018

Reviews

[Csimplot Simplot]

Excellent book!

[Mary Tharp]

Loved reading this book. Could not put it down.

[Cathy Cregan]

I thoroughly enjoyed Set at Random. Fabulous, colourful characters and an excellent yarn too. I was sad to finish it.

[Jennifer]

Now I want to read James Joyce's Ulysses.