“Written by a major expert on the subject, this book combines a fine sensitivity to Joyce's texts with an assured understanding of his contexts—a tour de force.” (Declan Kiberd Donal and Marilyn Keogh, Professor of Irish Studies, University of Notre Dame, USA)

“Original, provocative, compelling ...Kuch has provided a fascinating new frame for considering Joyce’s great novel as a whole.” (Finn Fordham, Professor of English, Literature and Theory Group, Royal Holloway College, London University)

“Joyce’s awareness of the intricacies of divorce law, as Irish Divorce/Joyce’s Ulysses brilliantly shows, illuminates not only hidden corners of the Blooms’ troubled marriage but also darker sides of Victorian respectability and Catholic Ireland. Alive to both text and context, Kuch's exemplary scholarship and eye for detail demonstrates how literature often picks up where law leaves off, allowing valuable new insights into the intimacies and anxieties of domesticlife in late colonial Ireland.” (Luke Gibbons, Professor of Irish Literary and Cultural Studies, Maynooth University, Ireland)

"[This book] is surely the best account of the theme we have by a long way. I learnt a lot from it and thought it was very professionally handled. … ‘Ithaca’ and above all ‘Eumaeus’ seemed to me brilliant … .” (Professor Andrew Gibson, Professor of Modern Literature and Theory, English Department, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)

“[This] book is a great illustration of the point [Peter Kuch] quote[s] about the pleasure of seeing how the vast network of cultural allusions in Ulysses relate to each other. So interesting to look at the complex text through the divorce prism. Of course [the] diligent research enhances the range and depth of the view through that prism. It's great fun to read, and always insightful and educational.” (Joseph Hassett, author of The Ulysses Trials: Beauty and Truth Meet the Law, 2016)

“Ulysses revisited withdivorce more coherently in mind, as Peter Kuch has done, reveals a much stronger presence in the narrative than has been noted until now … [His] huge commitment to and enthusiasm for the massive research which underpins this book, pervades what is one of the most readable and exciting contemporary works on Ulysses.” (Dr. Mary McAleese, speaking at the launch of Irish Divorce, Joyce’s Ulysses, National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin on 7 June 2017)

“Not many books on Ulysses have permanently changed the way the most important novel of the twentieth century is read. Peter Kuch's Irish Divorce/Joyce’s Ulysses does just that: as a result of Kuch's meticulous research into the legal complexities of divorce in Ireland and England in the early part of the century, we can now see that Leopold and Molly's marriage was not necessarily indissoluble, although this has always been assumed to be the case. The possibility of obtaining a divorce from Molly, by a petition tothe English courts, is not a fantasy on Leopold's part, and to become aware of this is to have one's sense of their relationship—and its potential future after the novel has ended—altered for good. Irish Divorce/Joyce's Ulysses is contextual criticism at its very best.” (Professor Derek Attridge, speaking at the launch of Irish Divorce/Joyce’s Ulysses at the Irish Ambassador’s residence, Singapore on 25 July 2017 during the annual IASIL Conference)