ASIN: B00CU9DIHQ
Publisher: Steven Bond
Pages: 88
A twenty four year old Samuel Beckett awakes in Paris on Bloomsday, 1930, to discover that a poem he does not remember writing - 'Whoroscope' - has been awarded first place in The Hours Press competition. To collect his ten pound prize he must provide footnotes for the incomprehensible verse, his only hint being that it is about the father of modern philosophy, Rene Descartes. And so begins his philosophical study, and a series of curious coincidences surrounding James Joyce's Ulysses. Did Stephen Dedalus dream of a watermelon because Rene Descartes dreamt of a watermelon. Did Dr. Mulligan slip tobacco in Stephen Dedalus' drink because Dr. Weulles slipped tobacco in Rene Descartes drink. Sam's dream of unlocking his mentor's masterpiece quickly deteriorates into a nightmarish murder mystery, with detective Joyce demanding to play the over the edge protagonist. Who murdered Jean du Chas? ...
