This part is fun: A few days later the book showed up at Random House—it had passed through customs. Furious, Ernst personally marched the package over to the

This part is fun: A few days later the book showed up at Random House—it had passed through customs. Furious, Ernst personally marched the package over to the customs office and demanded that it be searched. When the inspector opened it and found Ulysses, he muttered, “Oh, for God’s sake, everybody brings that in. We don’t pay attention to it.” Ernst insisted that he seize it.