Description
| Product ID: | 9781447276272 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | This is London |
| Subtitle: | Life and Death in the World City |
| Authors: | Author: Ben Judah |
| Page Count: | 352 |
| Subjects: | Classic travel writing, Classic travel writing, London, Greater London |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating An investigation into the cultures that makes London what it is today. <p><b>This is London in the eyes of its beggars, bankers, coppers, gangsters, carers, witch-doctors and sex workers. </b><br><br><b>This is London in the voices of Arabs, Afghans, Nigerians, Poles, Romanians and Russians.</b><br><br><b>This is London as you've never seen it before.</b><br><br>Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction 2016<br>Shortlisted for the Ryszard Kapuscinski Award for Literary Reportage 2019<br><br>'An eye-opening investigation into the hidden immigrant life of the city' <i>Sunday Times</i><br><br>'Full of nuggets of unexpected information about the lives of others . . . It recalls the journalism of Orwell' <i>Financial Times</i><br><br>'Ben Judah grabs hold of London and shakes out its secrets' <i>The Economist</i></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Picador |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-08-11 |
