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London Overground: A Day's Walk Around the Ginger Line Hardcover – January 1, 2015

by Iain Sinclair (Author)
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Iain Sinclair explores modern London through a day's hike around the London Overground route.Echoing his journey in London Orbital over a decade ago, Iain Sinclair narrates his second circular walk around the capital. Shortly after rush-hour and accompanied by a rambling companion, Sinclair begins walking along London's Overground network, or, 'Ginger Line'. With characteristic playfulness, detours into folk history, withering assessments of the political classes and a joyful allegiance to the ordinary oddball, Sinclair guides us on a tour of London's trendiest new transport network - and shows the shifting, changing city from new and surprising angles.
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  1. Language
    English
  2. Publisher
    Hamish Hamilton
  3. Publication date
    January 1, 2015
  4. Dimensions
    5.67 x 1.06 x 8.74 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    024114695X
  6. ISBN-13
    978-0241146958
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hamish Hamilton; 1st UK Edition 1st Printing (January 1, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 024114695X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0241146958
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.67 x 1.06 x 8.74 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 75 ratings

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Rino Breebaart
4.0 out of 5 stars The better kind of psychogeography
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2015
Sinclair is in fine form again with this psychogeographic ramble under and around the Ginger Line. I was expecting some peripatetic fatigue as this is now very familiar territory for him, but the writing has pith and power and is on par with the great London Orbital. The mode is poetic prose with a tremor of outrage. The focus is on memories, ghosts of the past and the resonance of time. The touchstones are art, poetry and psychoanalysis (esp Freud's last home in Maresfield Gardens). There is more of Sinclair's past in this than some of his other works, though the method is largely the same: a ramble with a sympathetic friend (and blisters, and rich digression). Some of the usual Sinclair names and nodes crop up - but the method is sound. In all: a mental-poetic-temporal wander thru place and past - get it for the style alone - the text is the drift is the narrative.
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Darren
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 7, 2024
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Iain Sinclair is a fascinating author, challenging at times but utterly unique, good for the brain.
Psychogeography at its best.
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pmp
5.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 3, 2016
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I enjoyed this book. As always Sinclair's prose unfolds as thoughts might percolate through the mind of the dedicated wanderer; seemingly effortless but in fact art born of hard graft...reminds me of Kerouac's roll of typewriter paper, stories apparently written in a Benzedrine rush but in reality polished by years of careful editing...a slice of London life drafted in the moment, crafted over time.
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Ed Alexander
5.0 out of 5 stars The walking sidekick gets annoying, along with the namedropping
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 20, 2015
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If you've found Sinclair a bit heavy-going previously, this is an accessible read that opens up a London that all casuals can see and get. The walking sidekick gets annoying, along with the namedropping, but don't let that put you off - very enjoyable read for those who love London.
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jpm
3.0 out of 5 stars Sinclair and Overground
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 8, 2015
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Somewhat pretentious essay with literary allusions. Not much useful info about the Overfround route
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Tagomi
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 3, 2017
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splendid item n dlvy. amusing pretention to content.
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