Davy Byrne's pub Davy Byrne's pub Davy Byrne's pub at 21 Duke Street, Dublin, was made famous by James Joyce's novel "Ulysses". Leopold Bloom stops for a gorgonzola cheese sandwich and a glass of burgundy while wandering through Dublin. The pub is a pilgrimage point for fans of the novel, who, like Leopold Bloom, stop and have a cheese sandwich and a glass of wine. The pub is particularly popular on Bloomsday. Joyce also mentioned the pub in the short story "Counterparts" in "Dubliners" as a bar visited by the office clerk protagonist named Farrington following an altercation with his senior at the
Night and the City (novel) Night and the City (novel) Night and the City is the third novel by British author Gerald Kersh, published in 1938. It is a crime thriller set in 1930s London but also deals with social realism themes in the aftermath of the Great Depression. The protagonist of the novel is Harry Fabian, a morally reprehensible spiv determined to become the top wrestling promoter in London. During the course of the novel Fabian is embroiled in various unscrupulous money-making ventures. All those around him are treated as a means to an end without exception. However, while his acts of pimping, blackmail