Episode 50 - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (with Michael Hill!)

In which the Idiots belatedly celebrate St Patrick's Day with James Joyce's celebrated kunstlerroman "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" - talk about masturbation - -debate the meaning of the word "portmanteau" - continue to talk about masturbation - uncover the rivalry between the Samaritans and the Philistines - are unable to get off the topic of masturbation - Chin reads the erotic letters of James Joyce - Michael imagines what it would be like if James Joyce were a character in Street Fighter II. Featuring Special Guest Experts Michael Hill and Professor Sir Cum Elocution, a literature professor at Oxbridge University. Content warning: this is a filthy episode of Faking Lit, even by our own standards. The letters from James Joyce to Nora Barnacle are real and can be read here, you impure perverts: https://adoxoblog.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/f%CE%BCckbird-and-jim-james-joyces-letters-to-nora-barnacle/ Our live show is still happening on 29th March at Tottenham Court Road Waterstones! Come and see us talk about The Da Vinci Code! Tickets are a very affordable £4! Book them here: https://www.waterstones.com/events/faking-lit-podcast-presents-the-da-vinci-code/london-tottenham-court-road Outro Music: Teenage Kicks - The Undertones