Re: "Finnegan's Wake", as I understand it, the title in the cover is what frightened you? Does the story have elements of horror? I just googled it & it doesn't seem visually scary to me. Do I miss sth.?
Looking at the title reminds me of what an intense read everyone says it is. That's the only thing that's scary about it.
This is someone's annotated version of the very first page:
