Joyce James : Portrait of Artist as Young Man(Us) (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) - James Joyce

Masterpiece of semiautobiographical fiction reveals a powerful portrait of the coming of age of a young man of unusual intelligence, sensitivity and character. Telling portrayals of an Irish upbringing and schooling, the Catholic Church and its priesthood, Parnell and Irish politics, sexual experimentation and its aftermath, and problems with art and morality.