stackyFACTSLiterature nerds have collectively agreed that the best way to honor a modernist masterpiece is by getting progressively day-drunk across Dublin.
Literature nerds have collectively agreed that the best way to honor a modernist masterpiece is by getting progressively day-drunk across Dublin. Bloomsday celebrates 'Ulysses', a 700-page novel set entirely on a single day in 1904. Enthusiasts dress in Edwardian clothing, buy lemon soap at Sweny's Pharmacy, and eat gorgonzola sandwiches at Davy Byrnes pub, effectively turning one of the most notoriously difficult books ever written into an immersive, city-wide pub crawl.
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