Bathroom reading their phones while on the toilet. The term "bathroom reading" refers to any literary material deemed suitable for casual or light reading. In 2011, the Canadian author Margaret Atwood wrote: Pulp magazines were associated with bathroom reading, which the film "Pulp Fiction" references in repeated scenes of John Travolta's character Vincent Vega reading the pulpy spy novel "Modesty Blaise" while sat on a toilet. Bathroom reading also refers to a genre of books containing humor and trivia, such as the "Uncle John's Bathroom Reader" series. In James Joyce's novel "Ulysses", the protagonist Leopold Bloom reads a magazine on the toilet
Insurrection (O'Flaherty novel) Insurrection (O'Flaherty novel) Insurrection is a 1950 novel by the Irish novelist Liam O'Flaherty. The story takes place during the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916. It was O’Flaherty’s final novel. The novel follows a diverse group of characters who are caught up in the events of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin. The group are dispatched to defend the main road from Dublin to Dún Laoghaire (Dublin’s main port) from the expected arrival of British reinforcements. The novel explores each man’s motivations, fears and hopes through the battles and violence which ensue. The principal characters are: The uneducated, slow-witted