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Lights Out for the Territory: 9 Excursions in the Secret History of London [Illustrated] (Paperback)

by Iain Sinclair (Author)
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  • Paperback: 386 pages
  • Publisher: Granta Books; illustrated edition edition (23 Jan 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1862070091
  • ISBN-13: 978-1862070097
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.2 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 415,871 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This is a record of long journeys on foot, from Hackney to Chingford and down to the river, around the City in its "ring of steel", and through the heart of Westminster, Lambeth and Millbank. Sinclair writes about the graffiti and guerrilla politics of Dalston, about the cult of feral dogs, and helps to bury Ron Kray. He gains access to Lord Archer's apartment overlooking the river, and considers the novelist as connoisseur, before meeting the great man himself in one of the more unlikely encounters of recent literary history. Sinclair also meets and drags in his wake some of the artists, writers and film-makers who represent, for him, an interesting alternative aesthetic of London at the end of the century. Iain Sinclair is the author of "Downriver", winner of the Encore Prize, "Lud Heat" and "White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings".

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3.0 out of 5 stars Less a travelogue, more a diatribe, 15 Jul 2001
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What can you say about someone who pokes every eye including his own? In its relentless pursuit of that English national pastime, sneering, this dense thicket of a book encapsulates Wilde's definition of a cynic. Targets range from the Krays to Lord Archer through Thatcher (of course) and anyone else with the temerity to pass before Sinclair's broadcast gaze, including himself. A combination of unremitting carping and abstruse referencing can be tedious, and Lights Out lays out deserts of tedium. But they're nearly worth negotiating for the jewels that come out of them, because Sinclair's obviously no idiot and his hot-and-cold mind can produce gems. He has the uncanny ability to conjure up a scene without describing it in detail, whether it be London's back alleys or the view from Archer's window, pocket-parks or tidewater filth. By the end of the book you feel as if you've spent the longest evening of your life in a pub with an intelligent, but increasingly drunk, companion. As the evening wears on the conversation becomes one-sided, disconnected and relevant only to the speaker. You're glad when he finally runs out of steam and goes home, but the next day you warmly recall the brighter parts of the evening...
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5.0 out of 5 stars Explore London's psychic underbelly, 12 April 2000
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After you've read this book, walking around the capital will never be the same again. Sinclair's dense prose sometimes brings each slow step to life, as he and photgrapher Marc Atkins chart London's psychogeography. One of the best books of the 90s, Lights Out will probably turn out to be one of the most influential.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Learn to see London through new eyes, 7 May 1999
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This book is of interest to anyone who has ever lived in London. Using mainly intuition, Sinclair takes us on a psychogeographical open-top bus journey down the city's darker alleys, parks and thoroughfares. (In)famous Londoners are deconstructed. My only gripe would be the lack of referencing to Dickens, who has been there before, and knew all about it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Take your A-Z, else lose yourself in London.
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