Unofficial Britain
Journeys Through Unexpected Places
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2020
Summary
There is a Britain that exists outside of the official histories and guidebooks – places that lie on the margins, left behind. This is the Britain of industrial estates, and tower blocks, of motorway service stations and haunted council houses, of roundabouts and flyovers. Places where modern life speeds past but where people and stories nevertheless collect. Places where human dramas play out: stories of love, violence, fear, boredom and artistic expression. Places of ghost sightings, first …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781783965144 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1783965142 |
| Author: | Gareth E. Rees |
| Publisher: | Elliott & Thompson Limited |
| Imprint: | Elliott & Thompson Limited |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2020 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 138mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
“Rees finds soul inthese soulless locations, charting stories and encounters as rich as thosefound among rolling hills and chocolate box villages. A delight.” – The NewEuropean
“Should be requiredreading in every motorway service station coffee shop up and down thisland” - The Psychogeographic Review
‘You should read this book. It will make you stay up too late, laugh out loud, and then freak yourself out looking out of the window at the haunted-looking binbag blowing past Carpet Right in the dead of night.’ - Michael Smith, author of Unreal City
“A wonderful ramblethrough the Brexit Britain of today – warts and all.” – Elsewhere: A Journal ofPlace
“Essential reading ifyou are interested in the urban wyrd and how folklore is mutating anddeveloping in modern times.” – Folk Horror Revival
“Unofficial Britain wasmy book of 2020” – Paul Cheney, Half Man Half Book
“Effortlessly combiningurban folklore and personal memoir, history and psychogeography, road-tripnarrative and gonzo journalism.” - Ends of the World
“Afascinating and sometimes unnerving book” – Shiny New Books.
“Dry and often very funny” – Bookmunch
“[…] harnesses thepersonal and philosophical, offering thoughts that are penetrating yet alwaysentertaining […] A fresh take on vistas some may too readilydismiss.” – Never Imitate
“Themythical and the municipal collide in a weirdly compelling tour of Britain’sbuilt environment” – The Financial Times
“An appreciation of quotidian, overlooked and sometimes grotty landscapes; part memoir, part ‘hauntology’, and a stiff dose of nearness and weirdness to counter the tweeness that afflicts some topographical writing.” - Will Wiles, author of Care of Wooden Floors
Gareth E. Rees
Gareth E. Rees is a writer, journalist and musician. Born in Germany, brought up in Scotland and the north of England, he lived in London for many years before moving to Hastings. The stories, modern myths and folklore of place have always driven his writing. He is the author of a novel and three non-fiction titles, Marshland, The Stone Tide, and Car Park Life, published to rave reviews in 2019.
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