This was way WAY easier to read than Finnegans Wake. I read the first 100 pages solo, and then downloaded a copy of Spark Notes Ulysses to help me catch the story underneath the surface. Unlike the massive Reader’s Guide I needed for Finnegans, the Sparks Notes was only about 100 pages and broke things down easily for me. I would then reference back as I went along to verify what I was reading.

It was a simple story, really, so if you want to read a Joyce novel – this would be the one I’d recommend.