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Chargement... Night Haunts: A Journey Through the London Nightpar 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. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)914.210486History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography of and travel in Europe England and Wales Greater London Travel 1837- 2000-Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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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.
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