{"product_id":"the-united-states-vs-ulysses-9781350565814","title":"The United States vs Ulysses","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe country's on fire! The Klan on the march again. Fascists organising - in America!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd books are being burned.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's 1933, and James Joyce's sexually explicit\u003ci\u003e Ulysses\u003c\/i\u003e has been banned in the US for a decade. But now a hungry young publisher and an ambitious lawyer have teamed up to take on the puritans. Can they convince the judge that \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e is not obscene? And what will happen when \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e gets under their skin-and Molly Bloom gets into their heads? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe United States vs Ulysses\u003c\/i\u003e is a bawdy courtroom drama telling the true story of the New York trial that liberated James Joyce's seminal novel from American censorship and made Joyce a cultural icon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition was published to coincide with the North American premiere from Once Off Productions at the Irish Arts Center, New York in May 2025.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColin Murphy\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ewrites plays about politics, and journalism. He is the author of a series of plays on Irish political history: \u003ci\u003eHaughey\/Gregory\u003c\/i\u003e, on the 1982 \"Gregory Deal\", \u003ci\u003eInside the GPO, \u003c\/i\u003e on the Easter Rising\u003ci\u003e, Guaranteed!, \u003c\/i\u003e on the bank guarantee of 2008, \u003ci\u003eand Bailed Out!\u003c\/i\u003e, on the subsequent crisis and Troika \"bailout\" of 2010, all produced by Fishamble. He adapted the latter two for screen, as \u003ci\u003eThe Guarantee\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Bailout\u003c\/i\u003e (both produced by John Kelleher Media). He adapted the Charlie Bird book \u003ci\u003eA Day in May\u003c\/i\u003e for the stage. His verbatim dramas\u003ci\u003e, Jack Duggan's War\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJudging Shaw\u003c\/i\u003e (based on Fintan O'Toole's book of the same name) have been staged by ANU Productions. His short film \u003ci\u003eLeave to Remain\u003c\/i\u003e was made for RTÉ Storyland (produced by Treasure Entertainment). He writes a weekly column for the Sunday Business Post.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51690709975314,"sku":"9781350565814","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9c43281c-38ff-4fc8-8aa9-758c7510118d.jpg?v=1761744724","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-united-states-vs-ulysses-9781350565814","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}