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London's Overthrow
China Miéville
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Description for London's Overthrow
Paperback. A lyrical, poweful polemic about London today, from Occupy and the August 2011 riots through to the Jubilee and the Olympics. Num Pages: 96 pages, 48. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 177 x 7. Weight in Grams: 66.
London's Overthrow is a potent polemic describing the capital in a time of austerity at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Award-winning author and essayist China Mieville cuts through the hyperbole of our politicians to present a view from ordinary London - of the inequality, oppression and indignity and the hidden, subversive sentiment pervading throughout our streets.
London's Overthrow is a potent polemic describing the capital in a time of austerity at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Award-winning author and essayist China Mieville cuts through the hyperbole of our politicians to present a view from ordinary London - of the inequality, oppression and indignity and the hidden, subversive sentiment pervading throughout our streets.
Product Details
Publisher
The Westbourne Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908906144
SKU
V9781908906144
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Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About China Miéville
China Miéville is the author of various works of fiction and non-fiction. His works include London's Overthrow (The Westbourne Press), The City & The City, Embassytown and Railsea. His non-fiction includes Between Equal Rights, a study of international law and October: The Story of the Russian Revolution. He is three-times winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award, two-times winner of the British Fantasy Award, and has also won ... Read more
Reviews for London's Overthrow
'Mieville gives us a vision of a pre-apocalyptic London, where the chasm between rich and poor has reached catastrophic levels and anger is the only reasonable response.' Hari Kunzru 'China Mieville does more than reveal the skull beneath the London's scabby, piebald skin; he offers effervescent nourishment for the downpressed souls that stalk the streets of his divided city. ... Read more