The following is the link to an article Christopher Hitchens wrote in Vanity Fair conferring homage on James Joyce and the marvelous character he created, Leopold Bloom, the protagonist of Ulysses. In the introduction it is said, "Echoing Homer, riffing on Shakespeare, teeming with puns, palindromes, and allusions, Ulysses was a revolutionary exploration of the consciousness of it hero, Leopold Bloom." The homage is on the centenary of Bloomsday--June 16, 2004.

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2004/06/hitchens-200406