{"product_id":"joyce-in-court","title":"Joyce In Court","description":"\u003cp\u003eBooks about the work of \u003cb\u003eJames Joyce\u003c\/b\u003e are an academic industry. Most of them are unreadable and esoteric. Adrian Hardiman''s book is both \u003cb\u003ehighly readable\u003c\/b\u003e and strikingly original. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe spent years researching Joyce''s obsession with the legal system, and the myriad references to notorious trials in \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFinnegans Wake\u003c\/i\u003e. Joyce was fascinated by and felt passionately about miscarriages of justice, and his view of the law was coloured by the potential for grave injustice when policemen and judges are given too much power. Hardiman recreates the colourful, dangerous world of the Edwardian courtrooms of \u003cb\u003eDublin and London\u003c\/b\u003e, where the death penalty loomed over many trials. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe brings to life the eccentric barristers, corrupt police and omnipotent judges who made the law so entertaining and so horrifying. This is a \u003cb\u003eremarkable\u003c\/b\u003e evocation of a vanished world, though Joyce''s scepticism about the way evidence is used in criminal trials is \u003cb\u003estill highly relevant\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57316623647102,"sku":"NW9781786691590","price":11.17,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781786691590.jpg?v=1778657647","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/joyce-in-court","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}