About this title: Once an Arcadian suburb of grand houses, orchards and conservatories, Hackney declined into a zone of asylums, hospitals and dirty industry. Persistently revived, reinvented, betrayed, it has become a symbol of inner-city chaos, crime and poverty. Now, the Olympics, a final attempt to clamp down on a renegade spirit, seeks to complete the process: ...
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: HAMISH HAMILTON
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780241142165ISBN:0241142164
Description: New. Documentary fiction, featuring a cast of writers, photographers, bomb-makers and market traders, as well as looking back at some of the famous faces of Hackney, including Orson Welles and Tony Blair. read more
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