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London's Overthrow "Mieville, China"

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: United Kingdom The Westbourne Press 28/08/2012Description: 96 PaperbackISBN:
  • 9781908906144
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 824.92
Contents:
Literary essays
Summary: "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."
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A lyrical, poweful polemic about London today, from Occupy and the August 2011 riots to the Jubilee and the Olympics.

Literary essays

"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."

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