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ALL ACROSS Paris yesterday, James Joyce enthusiasts were flocking to Irish pubs, auditoriums and street corners to celebrate their beloved author and the city that had housed him, inspired him and, when all hope seemed lost, taken a chance and printed what would be his most famous work.

Readers were gathered outside the Shakespeare and Company bookshop in a display of appreciation for the only place that would publish Ulysses after it had been internationally rejected.