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A collection of interviews with contemporary Londoners from all parts of the city and all walks of life.
HARPERCOLL
“Craig Taylor is the real deal: a peerless journalist and a beautiful craftsman.”
—David Rakoff, New York Times bestselling
A collection of interviews with contemporary Londoners from all parts of the city and all walks of life.
HARPERCOLL
“Craig Taylor is the real deal: a peerless journalist and a beautiful craftsman.”
—David Rakoff, New York Times bestselling author of The Fraud and Half Empty
“Londoners is a wonderful book—I wanted it to be twice as long.”
—Diana Athill, New York Times bestselling author of Somewhere Towards the End
In Londoners, acclaimed journalist Craig Taylor paints readers an epic portrait of today’s London that is as rich and lively as the city itself. In the style of Studs Terkel (Working, Hard Times, The Good War) and Dave Isay (Listening Is an Act of Love), Londoners offers up the stories, the gripes, the memories, and the dreams of those in the great and vibrant British metropolis who “love it, hate it, live it, left it, and long for it,” from a West End rickshaw driver to a Soldier of the Guard at Buckingham Palace to a recovering heroin addict seeing Big Ben for the very first time. Published just in time for the 2012 London Olympic Games, Londoners is a glorious literary celebration of one of the world’s truly great cities.
Baker
& Taylor
A vibrant view of one of the world's most fascinating cities shares the stories of the people who make London what it is, including an actress who is the voice of the Underground and a couple who fell in love at the Tower of London.
Including an actress who is the voice of the London underground, a Solider of the Guard at Buckingham Palace and a couple who fell in love at the Tower of London, this vibrant, enjoyable view of one of the world's most fascinating cities shares the stories of the people who make the city what it is. 60,000 first printing.
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Add a CommentI loved this book to pieces. It gave a great insight to the lives of both the underprivileged and the privileged "londoners." I recommend it to everyone.
Had to plow & slog through this one. A real disappointment to me.
This Canadian writer is a self-styled Studs Terkel after a few short years in London, but totally lacking Studs' insights.
Having lived in London for a number of years some of the stories resonated with me. However I don't think the work was representative of the city and the author may have shown some bias in deciding which stories to include/exclude. I'd recommend it for someone who wants to get a general idea of what it's like to live in London.
I am really enjoying this book and have recommended it to a lot of my friends. In fact, it made me want to reread "Akenfield",the iconic 1969 study of an English village, and also to try to get a copy of "Return to Akenfield", this author's earlier book, (which SPL doesn't have.)