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by Geoff Nicholson (Author) "It is shortly after midday on one of those slate-grey, mid-January days when it seems never to become fully light, when dusk starts to coalesce..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 348 pages
  • Publisher: Phoenix; New edition edition (23 April 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0575400560
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575400566
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 420,568 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Mick is on his way to the Smoke from the provinces. He's got six guys to find with only their names to go on and no more help than the phone book and an A-Z. Stuart is determined to walk each of the capital's roads, streets and alleyways. But what will he do when there's nothing left of his A-Z but blacked out pages? Judy is set on creating her own unique map of each of the metropolis' boroughs . . . an A-Z of sex in the city. Three strangers in search of London's heart and soul, mapping out their stories from Acton to Hackney, Chelsea Harbour to Woolwich, in a comic dance of sex and death.

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Educated at Cambridge. Was a bookseller before becoming a full-time writer.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars London as a living, breathing beast., 26 Sep 2000
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Three stories are told in tandem, and eventually cross (ala Pulp Fiction) with predictably dire consequences. By far the most compelling idea in the book is that of a former London tour-guide's obsessive attempt to walk along every street on the A-Z, crossing them out as he goes along.

Bleeding London is packed with amusing insights into historical London. However, the best moments are the author's own observations about walks, conversations and obsessive behavior.

A little over-complicated, but certainly worthwhile read nonetheless.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars For London freaks everywhere, 1 Oct 2000
By S. ALLMAN (Herefordshire) - See all my reviews
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Bleeding London is the ultimate read for the London freak. Nicholson describes the enormousness and enormity of London with a mix of pleasure and disgust. Here we see the sadness, the gloom, the wit, the danger and the sheer weirdness of the city. The plot is mainly driven by a series of revenge visits on six yuppies, who may - or may not - have perpetrated an atrocity against a young woman. This is all interspersed with musings, historical tableaux, the art of sexual geography, and London's answer to walkabout: one character is walking the A-Z. Excellent stuff.
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2 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Bleeding London by Tracey Z Dawkins, 17 Mar 2001
This review is from: Bleeding London (Paperback)
Bleeding London, which has a combination of sex and violence with wit, will definitely make you laugh out loud.

It tells the story of three freaks in London. One is so determined to have sex in every part of London; one has decided to walk every street of the capital then kills himself; and the villain who is out for revenge against six yuppies, who (apparently) raped his stripper girlfriend.

If you get a chance to read this book, it will keep you hooked and begging for more and boy, you're in for a big surprise!!

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1.0 out of 5 stars Really annoying
I really did not like this book. For once I actually predicted the supposed "twist" which is amazing because even I'll admit to being a bit slow on the uptake but this book just... Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2005 by G. Stephens

4.0 out of 5 stars An engaging read of particular interest to modern Londoners
This is the second Nicholson I've read, bought on the strength of the first. The structure of the novel is familiar enough, but well executed; a diverting look at the City that... Read more
Published on 7 April 2000 by R. Irving

5.0 out of 5 stars An essential read for any Londoner
Though somewhat rooted in the eighties, this book brings the London we all know to life. With a liberal dose of sex and violence, Nicholson introduces the sort of characters we... Read more
Published on 20 Oct 1998

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