Ten Great Smoke Operas

A Listmania! list by "lucyms"
 
Mother London
1.  Mother London by Michael Moorcock
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  "Maybe the finest of all modern novels about London. Moorcock coined the term Smoke Opera for London novels!"
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Downriver
2.  Downriver by Iain Sinclair
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  "Dense, dark and witty.  Sinclair's best novel yet."
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Capital (London Writing S.)
3.  Capital (London Writing S.) by Maureen Duffy
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  "With Wounds and Londoners, Duffy's finest fiction."
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King of the City
4.  King of the City by Michael Moorcock
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  "Under-read companion to Mother London. A rant.  A celebration."
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London Orbital: A Walk Around the M25
5.  London Orbital: A Walk Around the M25 by Iain Sinclair
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  "The M-25 as narrative. Revelatory. Visionary. Poetic."
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Fowlers End (London Writing)
6.  Fowlers End (London Writing) by Gerald Kersh
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  "Burgess and Moorcock named this one of the funniest novels of the century. It is."
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Lud Heat and Suicide Bridge
7.  Lud Heat and Suicide Bridge by Iain Sinclair
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  "Early Sinclair. Predates Hawksmoor. Poetry, prose, pics. VG."
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London Bone
8.  London Bone by Michael Moorcock
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  "Beautiful, moving, shocking stories. Made me cry. Obscure London fiction recommendations at back."
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Caught (London Writing)
9.  Caught (London Writing) by Henry Green
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  "Always brilliant and moving, this evokes Blitz like no other novel."
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Liquid City
10.  Liquid City by Marc Atkins
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  "Mythologising London as they walk, Sinclair and Atkins record more London mysteries."
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