Iain Sinclair: London Orbital: A Walk around the M25
- Robert Bond (University of Cambridge)
Review essay:
It may appear that this autumn the London magi are entering battle over the Matter of England - the publication of Sinclair's London Orbital: A Walk around the M25 coincides with that of Peter Ackroyd's Albion . Two blockbusters, commercially astute colonizations of fresh territory. It is Ackroyd's London , however, to which London Orbital bears real relation. Sinclair's original title for the book was O(r)bituary Trances, but selling-power overcame the clever pun: the publisher's message is that London Orbital orbits, encircles, trumps London. Sinclair's new text presents itself as a magnum opus, a summation and completion of his work since 1999; in his ack
Citation:
Bond, Robert. "London Orbital: A Walk around the M25".
The Literary Encyclopedia. first published 01 September 2003
[http://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=10513, accessed 05 September 2010.]