Both Uses of
red herring
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- —Nor good red herring, says Joe.†
Chpt 12 *red herring = a diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
- Because he more than suspected he had his father's voice to bank his hopes on which it was quite on the cards he had so it would be just as well, by the way no harm, to trail the conversation in the direction of that particular red herring just to.†
Chpt 16