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OverviewWith a property portfolio consisting of a beach hut in Kent, and a career as evanescent as it is unprofitable, the narrator of Unreal City is a flaneur fallen on hard times, a creative bewildered by the slick speed of the digital age, watching as the sculptors and painters and bon viveurs begin to slip away and the advertising hipsters take over old stomping grounds. From the nights in old Soho, where an anonymous green door was the gateway to a decadently dingy paradise, to the days amid the shabby post-industrial elegance of Hackney's canalside warehouses, this is a nostalgic love song to the drifters, the artists, the glamorous misfits, the degenerate waifs and the barmaid-enchantresses of the capital's backstreets and shadowy corners. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michael SmithPublisher: Faber & Faber Imprint: Faber & Faber Edition: Main Dimensions: Width: 12.60cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.117kg ISBN: 9780571235810ISBN 10: 0571235816 Pages: 144 Publication Date: 03 April 2014 Recommended Age: From 0 to 0 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationAuthor Website: http://www.giroplayboy.co.uk/Michael Smith is a writer, film-maker and broadcaster. He is the author of two works of fiction, The Giro Playboy and Shorty Loves Wing Wong, and has written features for the Guardian, the Observer, the Idler and Dazed and Confused, amongst others.He has made a number of short films for BBC 2's The Culture Show. His short film Lost in London was premiered at the Barbican Centre, London in June 2012. Tab Content 6Author Website: http://www.giroplayboy.co.uk/Countries AvailableAll regions |