Downriver by Iain Sinclair - ISBN: 9780141014852
Paperback
London’s river ruins: a savage, satirical quest for a lost kingdom.

Downriver

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  • Paperback

    544 pages

  • Release Date

    5 July 2004

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Summary

A brilliant London novel, which together with London Orbital, Lights Out For The Territory and White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings confirm Sinclair as one of the most original and stimulating commentators on London.

“Crazy, dangerous, prophetic” - Angela Carter

In DOWNRIVER, Iain Sinclair traces the ruins of Margaret Thatcher’s reign through the lens of a fictional film crew that has been hired to make a documentary about what’s left of London’s river life. The Thames may still f…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141014852
ISBN-10:0141014857
Author:Iain Sinclair
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:544
Release Date:5 July 2004
Weight:373g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 32mm
About The Author

Iain Sinclair

Iain Sinclair is the author of numerous works of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction, including Lud Heat; White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings; Downriver; Radon Daughters; Lights Out for the Territory; Rodinsky’s Room, with Rachel Lichtenstein; Landor’s Tower; London Orbital; Dining On Stones; Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire and Ghost Milk; American Smoke and London Overground. Downriver won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Encore Award. He lives in Hackney, east London.

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