Back in 1998, I went and visited what for me is the literary equivalent of Mecca: Dublin. I’m a James Joyce fanatic, and it was very difficult for me to think about much else while I was there.

Highlight of the trip? Having the first chapter of Ulysses interpreted by a single actor, playing all the characters, on location at the Martello Tower. Hot. Even hotter was when he looked me straight in the eyes and referred to me as Stephen Daedalus.

Come on. If that ain’t litgeek, what is?