Downriver
#491 of 8,085 books · #125 in Crime & Thriller
Won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1991).
In Downriver, Iain Sinclair traces the ruins of Margaret Thatcher's reign through the lens of a fictional film crew that has been hired to make a documentary about what's left of London's river life. The Thames may still flow through the heart of the capital, but life along its shores has changed dramatically. Downriver is a savage, satirical quest to understand how people's lives, a government's policies and a legendary waterland conspire together in a boggling display of self-destruction.
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- ISBN-13
- 9780141014852
- Topics
Awards
- James Tait Black Memorial PrizeWonMajor(1991)
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