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The book is a blueprint for implementing a change that once seemed radical

The tiniest building blocks of life are crammed amongst the pages of this book

Dubliners Kimberly Lee 'There used to be anI regret to see that my book has turned out un fiasco solenne' James Joyce's disillusion with the publication of Dubliners in 1914 was the result of ten years battling with publishers, resisting their demands to remove swear words, real place names and much else, including two entire stories. Although only 24 when he signed his first publishing contract for the book, Joyce already knew its worth: to alter it in any way would 'retard the course of