Read Ulysses and be glad!
18 limericks and illustrations by the cartoonist, artist, writer and raconteur Tom Mathews that brilliantly and hilariously encapsulate each of the 18 episodes of the greatest novel of all time, Ulysses by James Joyce. The ideal companion to the famous book, to be enjoyed over Bloomsday, or anytime you fancy a witty, much shorter alternative version of the great book . . .
Tom Mathews was born in Dublin in 1952. He studied Fine Art at the National College of Art and Design. He has been a freelance cartoonist and writer since 1975, working for among many others The Irish Times, Sunday Independent, Hot Press, Phoenix and Private Eye. He has published a novel, two collections of verse, four of cartoons, and designed many single covers, book jackets and posters. He has worked as lyricist and singer with various rock bands. His paintings have been exhibited at the National Portrait Show and RUA. A new exhibition of his surrealist paintings opened in April 2026. The next one has him well in hand. A lifelong Joycean, he has spent much (probably too much) of his time reading his works. Ulysses in Limericks is a result of this harmless obsession. Yes Yes it is Yes.
