The story of the friendship between James Joyce and the Italian novelist Italo Svevo. "Brilliant....there are only a small number of truly first-rate books on Joyce, but Price's is one of them"--City Journal New York. "....explores their relationship with sympathy, understanding and humour"-- Irish Times. "... a simply adorable book --The Guardian. "Witty, informative and elegantly written..Stanley Price understands, as all the very best biographers...