Originally published by Ithys Press in Ireland in 2012.

"The cats of Copenhagen was first written for James Joyce’s most beloved audience, his only grandson, Stephen James Joyce, and sent in a letter dated September 5, 1936. Cats were clearly a common currency between Joyce and his grandson. In early August 1936, Joyce sent Stephen (3z(Ba little cat filled with sweets(3y(Ba kind of Trojan cat meant to outwit grown-ups. A few weeks later, Joyce penned a letter from Copenhagen that begins (3z(BAlas! I cannot send you a Copenhagen cat because there are no cats in Copenhagen.(3y(B The letter reveals the modernist master at his most playful, yet Joyce’s Copenhagen has a keen, anti-authoritarian quality that transcends the mere whimsy of a children’s story. Only recently rediscovered, this marks the inaugural U.S. publication of The cats of Copenhagen"--P. [2] of cover.