Night Haunts: A Journey Through the London Night
by Sukhdev Sandhu
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Traditional depictions of London at night have imagined a lawless orgy of depravity and pestilence. But is Britain's capital after dark now as bland and unthreatening as an evening in any new provincial town? Sukhdev Sandhu journeys across the city to find out whether the London night really has been rendered insipid by street lighting and CCTV. Night Haunts seeks to reclaim the mystery and romance of the city--to revitalize the great myth of London for a new century.Tags
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I think I was expecting something more like a night walkers journal, similar to the essays Will Self wrote some years back (not collected to my knowledge).
What Sandhu has done instead is to write about people who hold jobs that mean their lives are led mostly at night: fox hunters, avian police, sleep technicians, cleaners, nuns carrying out Night Adoration. All fascinating snippets about lives that go unseen. I enjoyed learning about them, but in the end felt he stayed outside, there weren't any really deep insightful interviews with any of those who undertook these roles. Short asides, but nothing that offered understanding about why you might choose those lives.
Read from 20 classics by people of colour, chosen by people of colour list.
What Sandhu has done instead is to write about people who hold jobs that mean their lives are led mostly at night: fox hunters, avian police, sleep technicians, cleaners, nuns carrying out Night Adoration. All fascinating snippets about lives that go unseen. I enjoyed learning about them, but in the end felt he stayed outside, there weren't any really deep insightful interviews with any of those who undertook these roles. Short asides, but nothing that offered understanding about why you might choose those lives.
Read from 20 classics by people of colour, chosen by people of colour list.
Wish I could have gone with him.
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- Travel, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
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- 914.210486 — History & geography Geography & travel Geography of and travel in Europe England and Wales Greater London subdivisions and modified standard subdivisions Travel; guidebooks 1837- 2000-
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- DA688 .S244 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Great Britain History of Great Britain England Local history and description London
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