Hackney, that rose-red empire : a confidential report / Iain Sinclair ; with original prints and drawings by Oona Grimes

Iain Sinclair

RA Collection: Book

Record number

23/1179

Author

Edition

1st edition

Imprint

London: Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2009

Physical Description

581 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

General Note

Map illustrations by David Aktinson. Jacket design by Nathan Burton.

Contents

BRITISH SOUNDS. Mare Street -- Millfields -- Kingsland High Street -- Shacklewell Lane -- Sympathy for the Devil -- Montague Road -- Eleanor Road -- Empire -- MUNDUS SUBTERRANEUS. Victoria Park -- Hobo’s Relics -- Hackney Hospital -- The Circuit of Morning -- Chesenhale Road -- Golden Lane -- Stewart Home -- The Mole Man -- Vyner Street -- Swanny -- SCRIBES AND WITNESSES. Will Self -- Ken Worpole and Alexander Baron -- Oona Grimes, Dr John Dee and Moby-Dick -- Nigel Fountail and Marc Karlin -- Douglas Lyne and Henry Cohen -- WICK AND FLAME. The Lord Napier -- Jock McFadyen -- Old Ford -- Hackney Brook -- The Blue Fence

Summary Note

'Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire' is Iain Sinclair's personal record of the area of north-east London where he has lived for 40 years. It is a documentary fiction, seeking to capture the spirit of place, before Hackney succumbs to mendacious green papers, eco boasts, sponsored public art and the Olympic Park gnawing at its edges.

Binding Note

Black cloth covers, titled in gilt on spine. Illustrated dustjacket which folds out into a map of Hackney.

Contributors

Oona Grimes RA Elect, illustrator
Hamish Hamilton Ltd., publisher
Penguin Books, publisher

ISBN

9780141012742