"Ever tried Finnegan's Wake? I've never even got past the first page of that bad boy."
My defeat at Ulysses put me off trying Finnegan's Wake. I'm a failed reader.
There's a great song by Christy Moore called Finnegans wake. I admit to being at a few dinner parties and pretending to have read the James Joyce book by quoting from the song and using the songs storyline. No one has caught me out thus far.