
Why modern cities need to look at the 19th century for inspiration
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The Perfume of Dublin
Cities have become denuded of population due to the arrival of cars, he says. Ulysses is a city where bloom bumps into all sorts and people are living in vibrant cities such as Marigesh or Jam Alfana. If you're worried about the smell of tanneries, John, I'm going to advise it as a fantastic book by a guy called Patrick Suskind,. It's called Perfume, right? And this guy is a perfumer, but it begins his life in a tannery that his dad was basically hanging out as you would do, hides of goats. But we digress, we digress.
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