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Londoners

The Days and Nights of London Now--As Told by Those Who Love It, Hate It, Live It, Left It, and Long for It

Craig Taylor

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Craig Taylor

Craig Taylor is the author of two books, Return to Akenfield and One Million Tiny Plays About Britain, which began life as a column in the Guardian newspaper. Both have been adapted for the stage. He is the editor of the literary magazine, Five Dials. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, he grew up on Vancouver Island. He now lives in London.
 



 

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Londoners
Londoners
Craig Taylor
  • Hardcover
  • 9780062005854
  • 2/21/2012
  • $29.99 ($33.99 Can.)
  • Marketing Code: AV
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Londoners
Craig Taylor
  • E-Book
  • 9780062096937
  • 2/21/2012
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“Fascinating. . . . Makes you want to join Taylor in "The London Chase'.”


- Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Engaging. . . . A treasury of compact vignettes from voices that are rarely heard but come closer to the truth of the city than any travel brochure or official document."


- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
"Impressive. . . . A scintillating oral history."


- Newark Star Ledger
"From Brixton to Piccadilly Circus, a fascinating oral history of contemporary London."


- Chicago Tribune
"The best book about London in at least a decade. . . . Masterful. . . . A cracking and insightful read [that] will still be widely enjoyed 50 years from now. Treat yourself . . . you really are investing in a classic."


- Londonist.com
"Fans of Studs Terkel's insightful oral histories will be delighted to discover a successor in Taylor. . . . His book brings London to life as it is-ever changing, ever eternal, ever unforgettable. A delight!"


- Library Journal (starred review)
"Immensely enjoyable. . . . Reminded us of Studs Terkel's best books."


- The Observer's Very Short List
"A haunting snapshot of contemporary London, by a Canadian whose intimate interviews with the city's inhabitants are both charming and revealing."


- Evening Standard (London)
"A remarkable new book that celebrates the city's endless diversity. . . . Five stars."


- Time Out London
"Splendid. . . . A remarkable volume [of] countless funny, terrifying, epic stories."


- Guardian (London)
"Often reading like short stories, the 80 interviews in Craig Taylor's Londoners are engrossing. Full of details [and] full of life."


- Observer (London)
"A compelling oral history."


- The Independent (London)
"Highly engaging. . . . Bursts with charm, edification, and life."


- Booklist
"[Londoners] provides an ambitious, wide-ranging compilation of oral histories by the people who live, work, and, even quit the city, with a lively, unvarnished sense of the feelings the city inspires."


- Publishers Weekly
"Alternately poignant, uplifting, amusing and sad. . . . A nicely polished oral history-good reading."


- Kirkus Reviews
"An epic portrait in eighty voices that shows the city to be just [as] Dickensian as it has ever been."


- David Nicholls, bestselling author of One Day
"Londoners is a wonderful book-I wanted it to be twice as long."


- Diana Athill, bestselling author of Somewhere Towards the End
"Samuel Johnson said, 'When you are tired of London, you're tired of life.' Craig Taylor is tired of neither London nor life, and this book is a gorgeous, utterly irresistible-even addictive-ode to both."


- David Shields, bestselling author of The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead and Reality Hunger
"Ambitious [and] creative. . . . A book to deepen your relationship with London and make you fall in - or out - of love with it all over again. . . . I can't tell you how much I enjoyed it."


- Lucy Worsley, author of If Walls Could Talk