Finnegans Wake the greatest avant-garde novel of all time was first published seventy years ago - and people are still trying to work out what it is about. There is Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker - aka HCE (Here Comes Everyone) - and Anna Livia Plurabelle but also Finnegan the hod carrier (or was he a giant?) whose wake is the subject of the book. This masterly reading of the abridged version with copious notes aiding comprehension is republished with a new cover.