Introduction: James Joyce and the political sex scandal: "The cracked lookingglass of a servant"
Unorthodox methods in the home rule newspaper wars: Irish nationalism, Phoenix Park, and the fall of Parnell
Investigative, fabricated, and self-incriminating scandal work: from "the maiden tribute of modern Babylon" to the Oscar Wilde trials
James Joyce's early scandal work: "never write about the extraordinary"
Reinventing the scandal fragment: "smiling at Wild(e) Irish"
The protracted labor of the new journalist sex scandal: "lodged in the room of infinite possibilities"
James Joyce's self-protective self-exposure: confessing in a foreign language
(Re)fusing sentimentalism and scandal: "poor Penelope. Penelope rich"
Dublin's tabloid unconscious: "a hairshirt of purely Irish manufacture"
Coda: Jamming the imperial circuitry: "the readiest channel nowadays".