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Lucia, by Alex Pheby, reviewed

23 June 2018

9:00 AM

23 June 2018

9:00 AM

In 1988, James Joyce’s grandson Stephen destroyed all letters he had from, to or about his aunt Lucia Joyce, the novelist’s daughter. Many saw the destruction of documents pertaining to Lucia, who had spent the majority of her life in asylums and had been close to her father, as the destruction of keys to understanding her father’s work.

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