{"product_id":"london-overground-9780241971499","title":"London Overground","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIain Sinclair explores modern London through a day''s hike around the London Overground route.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe completion of the full circle of London Overground provides Iain Sinclair with a new path to walk the shifting territory of the capital. With thirty-three stations and thirty-five miles to tramp - plus inevitable and unforeseen detours and false steps - he embarks on a marathon circumnavigation at street level, tracking the necklace of garages, fish farms, bakeries, convenience cafés, cycle repair shops and \u003ci\u003eMinder \u003c\/i\u003elock-ups which enclose inner London. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''He is incapable of writing a dull paragraph'' \u003ci\u003eScotland on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Sinclair breathes wondrous life into monstrous man-made landscapes'' \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003c\/i\u003eIf you are drawn to English that doesn''t just sing, but sings the blues and does scat and rocks the joint, try Sinclair. His sentences deliver a rush like no one else''s'' \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublisher's description.  From London's master psychogeographer and the author of \u003ci\u003eHackney, That Rose-Red Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a new adventure into the city's ancient and modern secrets. This is a living history of the edgelands and forgotten spaces surrounding London Overground: a portrait of the shifting, changing metropolis as seen from the 'Ginger Line'. * Penguin *\u003cbr\u003eSometimes dark, sometimes wry... For the aficionado, London Overground will deliver all the delights of Sinclair's edgy and hard-edged prose; for those who do not know his work it is an accessible starting point for one of the most rewarding oeuvres in 21st century literature * Scotsman *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe is incapable of writing a dull paragraph\u003c\/b\u003e * Scotland on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSinclair breathes wondrous life into monstrous, man-made landscapes\u003c\/b\u003e * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you are drawn to English that doesn't just sing, but sings the blues and does scat and rocks the joint, try Sinclair.  His sentences deliver a rush like no one else's\u003c\/b\u003e * Washington Post *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSinclair [is a] peerless London literary wanderer\u003c\/b\u003e and street-level cultural archaeologist... \u003cb\u003edelirious, often hilarious\u003c\/b\u003e urban palimpsest where \u003cb\u003epin-sharp observation, cultural hauntings and offbeat memoir\u003c\/b\u003e fuse in sentences that catch your breath like a lurid toxic sunset over Hackney Marshs * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eFor my money \u003cb\u003ethe\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003emost crucial and most bar-adjusting voice currently resonating in the English language\u003c\/b\u003e.... Those who aspire to understand what is happening in modern writing should start here -- Alan Moore","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733407674711,"sku":"9780241971499","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241971499.jpg?v=1720000009","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/london-overground-9780241971499","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}