Iain Sinclair, White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings

David Cunningham (University of Westminster)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.09: English Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary Britain , 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Gina Lyle (University of Glasgow), Graham MacPhee (University of Manchester), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Jenni Ramone (The Nottingham Trent University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1987

Places

Wales (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

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Originally published in a limited but beautifully designed edition by the Uppingham gallery owner Mike Goldmark in 1987,

White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings

was picked up and republished by Paladin a year later, introducing Iain Sinclair's work, for the first time, to a mass audience. It went on to become the sole runner-up in the Guardian Fiction Prize. Previously known as a poet,

White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings

was Sinclair's first novel. As the author himself notes in the book's acknowledgements, it may be regarded as closing a trilogy begun with the poetic works,

Lud Heat

(1975) and

Suicide Bridge

(1979), while also opening a trilogy of novels concluding with

Downriver

(1991) and

Radon Daughters

(1994).

As is the case with all of these works, White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings is centred

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Citation: Cunningham, David. "White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 21 March 2002 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=8768, accessed 25 April 2024.]

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