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Seamus Heaney explains why James Joyce's Ulysses would be his choice of desert island reading.

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In this clip from the Desert Island Discs archive, Seamus Heaney explains why James Joyce's Ulysses would be his choice of reading on his desert island.

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Seamus Heaney explains why James Joyce's Ulysses would be his choice of desert island reading.