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guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010
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In passionate defence of his realm
No one has ever written quite like Iain Sinclair. He will, without doubt, prove the indelible diarist of our age - our post-punk Pepys - though his diaries take the form of walking tours, striding in particular that margin between obsessive note-maki ... (read full critics)
guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010
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a book for a little cult of worshipers...
...to which I don't belong. I've always been a South east Londoner, during my time there. I expected this book to be a door into Hackney- it isn't, or it is if you are one of the chosen few that know what Sinclair is talking about. Shame. Abandoned without even reaching half the book.
Viollka said on Dec 27, 2011 about the Others edition | Add your feedback
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Michael West 
Tales of the unexpected
This is a book of approaching 600 pages about a single London borough. It has been produced by a big publisher, in the middle of a recession, with specially-commissioned illustrations and a lovely lavish cover. It is densely, sometimes opaquely writt ... (read full critics)