Ulysses chronicles the passage of Leopold Bloom through Dublin during an ordinary day, 16 June 1904. Ulysses' stream-of-consciousness technique, careful structuring, and experimental prose: full of puns, parodies, and allusions, as well as its rich characterisations and broad humour, made the book a highly regarded novel.

This edition of Ulysses has the added value of illustrations by Emma Byrne, which help bring the story to life in the context of the Dublin that James Joyce wrote in.