Not that it's a *bad* book, it's just...well, I can't say it better than this:
"Joyce's masterwork ULYSSES (which I don't much like) "inspired" Uncle Bill to put in a lot of sex-talk, including *gasp* explicitly lesbian desires!! Maud Martha, bring the sal volatile and loosen my stays, the wimminfolk are runnin' amok!"
See the whole sorry mess at Expendable Mudge Muses Aloud.