About the Author:
Iain Sinclair was born in South Wales. He went to school in the west of England and university in Dublin. He lives, walks and writes in East London. His books include Downriver (winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Encore Prize), Lights Out for the Territory, London Orbital, Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire, American Smoke and The Last London. Living with Buildings is published in association with Wellcome Collection, a free museum and library that aims to challenge how we think and feel about health. Inspired by the medical objects and curiosities collected by Henry Wellcome, it connects science, medicine, life and art. Wellcome Collection exhibitions, events and books explore a diverse range of subjects, including consciousness, forensic medicine, emotions, sexology, identity and death.
Review:
Sinclair's recent work represents some of the most important in contemporary English letters -- , -- Will Self * New Statesman * The most crucial and most bar-adjusting voice currently resonating in the English language -- Alan Moore Sinclair breathes wondrous life into monstrous, man-made landscapes * Times Literary Supplement * The truest and most knowledgeable living writer on London. * Evening Standard * He is incapable of writing a dull paragraph * Scotland on Sunday * On his territory there's nobody to touch him ... a gonzo Samuel Pepys * Sunday Times * As a stylist Sinclair is incomparable -- Peter Ackroyd An explosion of literary fireworks * The Times * Sentence for sentence, there is no more interesting writer at work in English -- John Lanchester * Daily Telegraph *
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