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Description for Night Haunts
Paperback. Brilliantly imagined journey into the dark heart of twenty-first century London, from the avian police to security guards, urban fox hunters and exorcists. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
Traditional depictions of London at night have imagined a lawless orgy of depravity and pestilence. But is Britain's capital after dark now as bland and unthreatening as an evening in any new provincial town? Sukhdev Sandhu journeys across the city to find out whether the London night really has been rendered insipid by street lighting and CCTV. Night Haunts seeks to reclaim the mystery and romance of the city-to revitalize the great myth of London for a new century.
Traditional depictions of London at night have imagined a lawless orgy of depravity and pestilence. But is Britain's capital after dark now as bland and unthreatening as an evening in any new provincial town? Sukhdev Sandhu journeys across the city to find out whether the London night really has been rendered insipid by street lighting and CCTV. Night Haunts seeks to reclaim the mystery and romance of the city-to revitalize the great myth of London for a new century.
Product Details
Publisher
Verso
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
161g
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844676552
SKU
V9781844676552
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Sukhdev Sandhu
Sukhdev Sandhu is the author of London Calling. He lives in New York and London, and writes for London Review of Books, Modern Painters and Times Literary Supplement. He is the award-winning chief film critic of Daily Telegraph and Associate Professor of English and Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University.
Reviews for Night Haunts
I would add Sandhu's work to the likes of Lights Out for the Territory as offering some of the greatest insights we have into contemporary London.
Michael Moorcock
Daily Telegraph
A book that restores some mystery and romance to the London night.
Times (London)
Michael Moorcock
Daily Telegraph
A book that restores some mystery and romance to the London night.
Times (London)