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21%OFFBen Judah - This is London: Life and Death in the World City - 9781447276272 - V9781447276272
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This is London: Life and Death in the World City

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Description for This is London: Life and Death in the World City Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 354.
This is London in the eyes of its beggars, bankers, coppers, gangsters, carers, witch-doctors and sex workers. This is London in the voices of Arabs, Afghans, Nigerians, Poles, Romanians and Russians. This is London as you've never seen it before. Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction 2016 Shortlisted for the Ryszard Kapuscinski Award for Literary Reportage 2019 'An eye-opening investigation into the hidden immigrant life of the city' Sunday Times 'Full of nuggets of unexpected information about the lives of others ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447276272
SKU
V9781447276272
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50

About Ben Judah
Ben Judah was born in London. He has travelled widely in Russia, Central Asia and the Levant. His writing has featured widely, including the New York Times, the Evening Standard, the Financial Times and Standpoint. In 2016, Ben was chosen as one of Forbes magazine's 30 under 30 in European media. His first book, Fragile Empire, was published by Yale ... Read more

Reviews for This is London: Life and Death in the World City
The lower depths of London today are brilliantly eviscerated in Ben Judah's This Is London, an Orwell for our grim times.
Roy Foster
Times Literary Supplement - Books of the Year 2017
Brilliant
Hanif Kureishi, author of The Buddha of Suburbia This is an important book - one that should open our eyes to the price ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for This is London: Life and Death in the World City


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