Opening of Ulysses inspired by identical line in another book (6)
I believe the answer is:
samuel
'another book' is the definition.
'samuel' can be an answer for 'book' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'another' bit.
'opening of ulysses inspired by identical line' is the wordplay.
'opening of' suggests taking the first letters.
'inspired by' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters breathed in or 'inspired' by others).
'identical' becomes 'same' (similar in meaning).
'line' becomes 'l' (used when specifying particular lines from a poem).
The first letter of 'ulysses' is 'u'.
'u' placed within 'same' is 'samue'.
'samue'+'l'='SAMUEL'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for samuel that I've seen before include "First name of Beckett, Irish writer" , "Prophet, anointed King David" , "- Beckett, Irish novelist/dramatist" , "- Butler, author (Erewhon)" , "-- Beckett, Irish author" .)