Iain Sinclair
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Never ready anything by him but I found this good
www.lrb.co.uk
Made me want to read the book he's sortareviewing
It also depressed me but awakened me
Iain Sinclair · Diary: The Plutocrat Tour
Silence is the defining quality of wealth. Private security operatives whisper into their fists while patrolling a zone...
www.lrb.co.uk
Made me want to read the book he's sortareviewing
It also depressed me but awakened me
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lala
He had a crap piece about post 2012 Stratford in the ft last weekend that I cut out to infuriate Luke.Never ready anything by him but I found this good
Iain Sinclair · Diary: The Plutocrat Tour
Silence is the defining quality of wealth. Private security operatives whisper into their fists while patrolling a zone...
Made me want to read the book he's sortareviewing
It also depressed me but awakened me
But @catalog is going to get him to write the foreword to the book of pre Olympic photos
woops
is not like other people
Making up your own is also fun
sufi
lala
Just boring, same old Ian Sinclair basically, I was disappointed.
sufi
lala
See for yourself https://archive.ph/14tSF
sufi
lala
I didnt read the lrb piece yet but if it's more of just wandering around having random deep thoughts that may be boring too.
The ft piece was very disjointed, seemed like not enough overall structure or narrative to be more than the sum of its quirky observations and anecdotes
I sent him one of Luke's books and we invited him to Edmund's launch so he is primed for your approach @catalog
woops
is not like other people
Why's that?
Its the one of his that I liked the best, I think it was one of the first things I read by him, so for someone who's not read much by him, I reckon it's the best introduction.
Cos to me, the earlier stuff like eg downriver is a bit too sludgey. Was inaccessible to me. Whereas orbital is nice and simple. Strong central idea, covers alot of ground. Much better than any of the other walking ones I would say. The others are diminishing returns of orbital.
Orbital is like the perfect balance between the heavier stuff and the more lightweight stuff.
I've not read the poetry though. Lud heat etc. I did try, couldn't get into them. The format of non-fiction is my preferred sinclair format.
I've not read lights out for the territory, I might get hold of it.
jenks
thread death
I was with him all the way to the John Clare book but I wearied of his style after awhile. I think Lights Out is probably his most balanced book. I also liked the collaboration he did on Rodinsky’s Room with Rachel Lichtenstein. I think the first one I decided not to read was his Hackney book and I’ve not bothered much with him since - there a collection of reviews he did 2017/18 which is probably as good as any intro to his world - My Favourite London Devils
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lala
this https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/crossed-rails on the other hand is excellent - full of tales and factoids but still with direction and intention, great job @owen
version
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Were Sinclair and Alan Moore in contact at this time? Seems too much of a coincidence they'd both be publishing occulted takes on The Ripper in the late 80s.
There's some stuff about The Ripper in Against the Day which I wouldn't be surprised was a nod to those two,
There's also a character who thinks 'Jack' assassinated Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria on contract and made it look like a suicide.
There's some stuff about The Ripper in Against the Day which I wouldn't be surprised was a nod to those two,
There's also a character who thinks 'Jack' assassinated Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria on contract and made it look like a suicide.
version
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Have to say, I don't have a clue what's going on at times and get a bit fed up with what feels like pages and pages of formless description, but the ideas are good and there are some nice lines.
Difficult to get a handle on who's who and the overall structure of the thing; think there are three stories going on at once? The weird book dealers, the flashback stuff with the bloke writing the letters and "Sinclair" and Joblard? Can't work out whether "the narrator" is also supposed to be Sinclair, is just some nameless narrator or if that's just what he's called and he isn't narrating at all.
Difficult to get a handle on who's who and the overall structure of the thing; think there are three stories going on at once? The weird book dealers, the flashback stuff with the bloke writing the letters and "Sinclair" and Joblard? Can't work out whether "the narrator" is also supposed to be Sinclair, is just some nameless narrator or if that's just what he's called and he isn't narrating at all.