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Lights Out for the Territory [Paperback]

Iain Sinclair (Author)
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Book Description

Publication Date: 2 Oct 2003

'A book about London; in other words, a book about everything' Peter Ackroyd, The Times

Walking the streets of London, Iain Sinclair traces nine routes across the territory of the capital. Connecting people and places, redrawing boundaries both ancient and modern, reading obscure signs and finding hidden patterns, Sinclair creates a fluid snapshot of the city. In LIGHTS OUT FOR THE TERRITORY he gives us a daring, provocative, enlightening, disturbing and utterly unique picture of modern urban life. And in the process he reveals the dark underbelly of a London many of us did not know existed.

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  • Paperback: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin; New Ed edition (2 Oct 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0141014830
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141014838
  • Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 2.3 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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'A book about London; in other words, a book about everything' Peter Ackroyd, The Times

About the Author

Iain Sinclair's books include LONDON ORBITAL, DOWNRIVER (James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Encore Award), and WHITE CHAPPELL, SCARLET TRACINGS. He lives in Hackney, East London.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinator 11 Oct 2010
By russetleaves
Format:Paperback
I have only had time to dip in and out of this wonderful book because I am currently reading about life in Hackney also courtesy of Mr Sinclair.Suffice it to say that his prose is fluid,intelligent and a joy to read I especially enjoyed his account of a putative meeting with Lord Archer.Mr Sinclair's feeling and respect for the history,people and atmosphere of places he knows so well is lightly bourne and delivered in an easy,sumptuous style.
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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars the melting pot (of my brain) 15 Sep 2007
By an italian in london
Format:Paperback
the subject is less than serious, and it's a clear reference to the fact that reading this book was really hard, also because I am not a native speaker of english and also because I lack the knowledge of "london" facts.
the subject also refers to the density of information, facts and knowledge on London (and not just london), that this book contains.
it's not been easy to read this book and it's not been easy to appreciate it. often I felt I was about to rule it out as a sort of english Umberto Eco (an intellectual showing off his encyclopedic knowledge of London).
but there is something genuine about Iain Sinclair, and it helped seeing him at a reading at the RFH to have a feeling of someone that is the opposite of a Umberto Eco: a down to earth person.
sometimes you have to let go, let the flow of information get lost in the short term memory; sometimes one has to stop and go back reread, take a note, find a post-it to mark the page, or perhaps even get the shoes, leave the comfort of a sunday read on the couch and venture to a part of London which is not necessarily safe or the best to be (that's in fact another problem: reading this book 12 years down the line doesn't help, because some of the london described by Iain Sinclair no longer exists or it has changed dramatically).
but this is hardly a book calling for a real walk around london: this book is about a long trip deep down in the soul of the city, in an invisible layer where an invisible network connects points , buildings, facts, people who are no longer there, or are not to be seen. THis is a "trip of the mind", into a twilight zone of things that escape the day to day reality.
or it's a period story, telling of people who were coming of age in the recent past, directors, artists, people living on the edge of everything, and how those people interacted, how they crashed, how they delivered their products.
finally, me being italian, I couldn't but appreciate the space given to Antonioni (although it really feels like Iain Sinclair tries to regain some english control of that italian feature), and to his movie that has become so iconic about London.
Now the 400 page book that has been my friend for nearly 7 weeks, lies on the table in front of me full of postit , full of notes, and I wonder if I should go back to it and start all over again, or leave it and move on to the next venture: the orbital!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Light out for the Territory. 15 May 2013
By sue sue
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Was interested,but personally, found the book too dense for my taste. I was lead to it by watching Patrick Keiller's 'London' which was a fascinating personal journey round London over a year.
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1.0 out of 5 stars money saving tip
Okay... save yourself a few quid. Instead of purchasing this pile of pretentious s***, take any book off your shelf... turn to the back...start reading it backwards... Read more
Published 4 months ago by nigelt
2.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful topic ruined by a sesquipedalianist
Simply, he can not write. If he talked to anybody the way he writes, he would get smacked in the face. That makes it more annoying because the topic is wonderfully interesting. Read more
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Sinclair's erudite and scholarly approach renders visible a London that is neglected, ignored and even widely unknown. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Essential London writing
This is a stunning book. It is one of the books that has influenced me most. It is packed with fascinating London lore and I have been led to seek out many of the people, places,... Read more
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