This is London

This is London in the eyes of its beggars bankers coppers gangsters carers witch-doctors and sex workers. This is London in the voices of Arabs Afghans Nigerians Poles Romanians and Russians.This is London as you''ve never seen it before.Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction 2016Shortlisted for the Ryszard Kapuscinski Award for Literary Reportage 2019''An eye-opening investigation into the hidden immigrant life of the city'' Sunday Times''Full of nuggets of unexpected information about the lives of others . . . It recalls the journalism of Orwell'' Financial Times''Ben Judah grabs hold of London and shakes out its secrets'' The Economist