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Author:
Sinclair, Iain, 1943- author.
Title:
The last London : true fictions from an unreal city / Iain Sinclair.
Publisher:
Oneworld Publications,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
London (England)--Description and travel.
London (England)--Intellectual life.
Travel writing.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-318) and index.
Contents:
Losing. Dancers on the beach ; HMS Haggerston Park ; By weight of water ; After Sebald -- Finding. Digging for victory ; Overground soundscrape ; Pigeon fishing ; Free breakfast for bikes ; Two swimming pools or, Shardenfreude ; Voice of the huts -- Walking. The Milky Way (to Croydon) ; Downriver ; Absolutely Barking ; Night hospital ; Gummed eyes ; Brexit means Brexit.
Summary:
Iain Sinclair has been documenting the peculiar magic of the river city that absorbs and obsesses him for most of his adult life. In 'The Last London', Sinclair strikes out on a series of solitary walks and collaborative expeditions to make a final reckoning with a capital stretched beyond recognition.
ISBN:
1786071746
9781786071743
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1003641693
Locations:
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)
SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

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