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This is London: Life and Death in the World City


This is London: Life and Death in the World City

Paperback by Judah, Ben

This is London: Life and Death in the World City

£10.99

ISBN:
9781447276272
Publication Date:
11 Aug 2016
Language:
English
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
Imprint:
Picador
Pages:
352 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 22 - 23 May 2024
This is London: Life and Death in the World City

Description

This is London in the eyes of its beggars, bankers, coppers, gangsters, carers, witch-doctors and sex workers. This is London in the voices of Arabs, Afghans, Nigerians, Poles, Romanians and Russians. This is London as you've never seen it before. Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction 2016 Shortlisted for the Ryszard Kapuscinski Award for Literary Reportage 2019 'An eye-opening investigation into the hidden immigrant life of the city' Sunday Times 'Full of nuggets of unexpected information about the lives of others . . . It recalls the journalism of Orwell' Financial Times 'Ben Judah grabs hold of London and shakes out its secrets' The Economist

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