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I have a challenge which requires that I read Finnegan's Wake in the month of November. Anyone know of a good reader's guide or companion for this? Other than the suggestions I've already received to keep good Irish whiskey around...

oh oh oh I know this one!

A Skeleton Key to Finnegan's Wake

I haven't finished finnegan's wake yet but this book is awesome.

can we talk about companions to ulysses next I love a good geek out thread

We can, but I'm not sure I'll be reading it anytime soon, what with trying to read Finnegan's Wake and having recently finished Gravity's Rainbow. It's been a year of door-stoppers and I really want to get to The Power Broker. Possibly a re-read of the Wheel of Time books too. *has masochistic tendencies*

Thanks for the recommendation!

Oh, and I'm all about geeking out.

You know how I mentioned elsewhere that my county's library system is woefully lacking? Yeah. They have a grand total of 2 copies of FW. Seriously.

Needless to say they do not have your recommendation, but my boyfriend's college does have it. Hooray for WorldCat.

I totally get the masochism. I've just been reading it for more than a year. YAY!

I, uh...I challenged a friend to watch The Room on the condition I read the whole thing in the month of November...

uh... good luck.

yeah...

When I tried to start reading it I was sort of using Re Joyce by Anthony Burgess, it made the book actually seem accessible but then I got distracted and read something else.

Hmm, looks like that one would be harder to get my hands on around here unless I get a card for another county or one of the universities. I may stick with Skeleton Key.

dude and greg is the one that recommended the one I told you to get don't listen to him his recommendations are all flip flopy.

re joyce is pretty. maybe I'll read it.

lol

I'd recommend both. The one benefit of the Burgess is that it's shorter and I would have recommended the Joseph Campbell book, but Jasmine you beat me to it!

I win!