Londoners: The Days and Nights of London Now - As Told by Those Who Love It, Hate It, Live It, Left It...

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Craig Taylor

Londoners

The Days and Nights of London Now - As Told by Those Who Love It, Hate It, Live It, Left It...

Craig Taylor

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Granta Books
01 July 2012

History; Oral history

ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Written in the style of the Mass Observation Archive of Britain, this is a varied and unique view of the closing years of 20th century London. Locals, tourists, people who have arrived, people who have left, taxi drivers... there isn't a person who is not represented in this collection! I picked this book up after a trip to London as an attempt to hold on to the experience and I'm very glad I did. This is a fascinating portrait of an eclectic city and the extraordinary people that bring it alive. Siân McNabney

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Here are the voices of London - rich and poor, native and immigrant, women and men - witnessed by Craig Taylor, an acclaimed journalist, playwright and writer, who spent five years exploring the city and listening to its residents.

From the woman whose voice announces the stations on the London Underground to the man who plants the trees along Oxford Street; from a Pakistani currency trader to a Guardsman at Buckingham Palace - together, these voices and many more, paint a vivid, epic and wholly fresh portrait of Twenty-First Century London.

By: Craig Taylor
Imprint: Granta Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 311g
ISBN: 9781847083296
ISBN 10: 1847083293
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 01 July 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Craig Taylor is the author of two books, Return to Akenfield and One Million Tiny Plays About Britain, which began life as a column in the Guardian newspaper. He is the editor of the literary magazine, Five Dials. His third book, Londoners: The Days and Nights of London Now - As Told by Those Who Love It, Hate It, Live It, Left It and Long for It will be published autumn, 2011. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, he grew up on Vancouver Island. He now lives in London.

Reviews for Londoners: The Days and Nights of London Now - As Told by Those Who Love It, Hate It, Live It, Left It and Long for It

Craig Taylor is the real deal: a peerless journalist and a beautiful craftsman. He'd be a household name already if he wasn't so modest. He'll be one anyway in due course. --David Rakoff, bestselling author of Fraud and Half Empty