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Insiders and dissidents pursue different paths to environmental justice in near-future Paris Priya Dames Wendy Waring’s debut novel, The Hunger of Those Who Built It, begins in Paris in 2049. The city has been reorganized by the effects of climate change: An “Outer Wall” and “Inner Wall” separate the rich and the poor, and arable land is sparse. At the Outer Wall “corrals of beaten earth” are surrounded by abandoned cars and starving people. In between, cemeteries are dug up for farmland. Within the Inner Wall, wealthy people source food from their roof gardens. The city center is encircled by the “GreenBelt”—the largest vertical farm in Paris. …