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by Iain Sinclair (Author) "THE OLD MAPS present a skyline dominated by church towers; those horizons were differently punctured, so that the subservience of the grounded eye, and the..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Granta Books (7 Mar 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1862075042
  • ISBN-13: 978-1862075047
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 614,411 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'A wonderful poem' Peter Ackroyd 'Lud Heat combines researches into the sinister dotted lines which link up the Hawksmoor churches of East London - complete with a very fine diagram displaying the pentacles and triangulations which connect churches to plague pits to the sites of the notorious Whitechapel and Ratclyffe Highway murders - with a broken sequence of breathtakingly lovely modern freeverse lyrics' Jenny Turner, London Review of Books

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An exploration of a contemporary city and the historical and mythical patterns that it hides. The churches of Nicholas Hawksmoor, built to a strange plan in a London ravaged by fire and plague, are the sites of mystery and energy that animate this story of post-war England.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful inspiration of Ackroyd's Hawksmoor, 7 Jun 2000
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This review is from: Lud Heat: A Book of the Dead Hamlets (Paperback)
Peter Ackroyd has acknowledged his debt to this book, which supplied much of the inspiration for his supernatural thriller Hawksmoor (recommended). In his introduction Michael Moorcock (another London psychogeographer, also recommended) supplies a great general introduction to Sinclair's work while not being boringly specific about the poem itself. It's a wonderful essay in its own right, one fine writer celebrating the work of another, which is rare enough at any time! Sinclair and Moorcock also share a strange relationship with popular fiction, with the world of bookmen and booksellers, an obsession for resurrecting forgotten geniuses and recorders. I would recommend this and Lights Out For The Territory as the two best introductions to Sinclair's dense but highly rewarding prose. This is substantial work, far better built than most of its imitators or laddish rivals. Thoroughly recommended. Sinclair might be a genius!
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4.0 out of 5 stars In the spirit of William Blake, 20 Oct 1998
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I would have given this work of poetry 5 crowns, but like Blake (whom the author incorporates into his work); this book is a difficult read. Once into his work I was very impressed with the imagery that the narrator invokes of his surroundings.
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