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Whose 1922 novel prompted a U.S. judge to read all 700-plus pages before lifting its import ban in a landmark 1933 obscenity ruling?
Answer
James Joyce
Judge John M. Woolsey's 1933 decision in United States v. One Book Called Ulysses ended the U.S. import ban on James Joyce's novel after he read it cover to cover.
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"Ulysses" was so illegal to import into the US that a judge had to read the entire 700+ page novel to rule on obscenity charges in 1933.
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- D.H. Lawrence
- Henry Miller
- Vladimir Nabokov
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