London Orbital

<p><b><i>London Orbital</i> is Iain Sinclair's exceptional voyage of discovery into the unloved outskirts of the city</b><br><br><b>'My book of the year. Sentence for sentence, there is no more interesting writer at work in English' John Lanchester, <i>Daily Telegraph</i><br></b><br>Encircling London like a noose, the M25 is a road to nowhere, but when Iain Sinclair sets out to walk this asphalt loop - keeping within the 'acoustic footprints' - he is determined to find out where the journey will lead him. Stumbling upon converted asylums, industrial and retail parks, ring-fenced government institutions and lost villages, Sinclair discovers a Britain of the fringes, a landscape consumed by developers. London Orbital charts this extraordinary trek and round trip of the soul, revealing the country as you've never seen it before.<br><br><b>'A magnum opus, my book of the year. I urge you to read it. In fact, if you're a Londoner and haven't read it by the end of next year, I suggest you leave' Will Self, <i>Evening Standard</i><br><br>'A journey into the heart of darkness and a fascinating snapshot of who we are, lit by Sinclair's vivid prose. I'm sure it will be read fifty years from now' J. G. Ballard, <i>Observer</i></b></p> <p><b><i>London Orbital</i> is Iain Sinclair's exceptional voyage of discovery into the unloved outskirts of the city</b><br><br><b>'My book of the year. Sentence for sentence, there is no more interesting writer at work in English' John Lanchester, <i>Daily Telegraph</i><br></b><br>Encircling London like a noose, the M25 is a road to nowhere, but when Iain Sinclair sets out to walk this asphalt loop - keeping within the 'acoustic footprints' - he is determined to find out where the journey will lead him. Stumbling upon converted asylums, industrial and retail parks, ring-fenced government institutions and lost villages, Sinclair discovers a Britain of the fringes, a landscape consumed by developers. London Orbital charts this extraordinary trek and round trip of the soul, revealing the country as you've never seen it before.<br><br><b>'A magnum opus, my book of the year. I urge you to read it. In fact, if you're a Londoner and haven't read it by the end of next year, I suggest you leave' Will Self, <i>Evening Standard</i><br><br>'A journey into the heart of darkness and a fascinating snapshot of who we are, lit by Sinclair's vivid prose. I'm sure it will be read fifty years from now' J. G. Ballard, <i>Observer</i></b></p>