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001 $ 23/1179
003 $ UK-LoRAA
005 $ 20240115175729.6
020 # # $a 9780141012742
041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
100 1 # $a Sinclair, Iain
245 1 0 $a Hackney, that rose-red empire : a confidential report / $c Iain Sinclair ; with original prints and drawings by Oona Grimes
250 # # $a 1st edition
260 # # $a London $b Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Books $c 2009
300 # # $a 581 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 21 cm.
500 # # $a Map illustrations by David Aktinson. Jacket design by Nathan Burton.
505 0 # $a 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
520 2 # $a '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.
563 # # $a Black cloth covers, titled in gilt on spine. Illustrated dustjacket which folds out into a map of Hackney.
700 1 # $a Grimes, Oona $e illustrator
710 2 # $a Hamish Hamilton Ltd. $e publisher
710 2 # $a Penguin Books $e publisher