Sam Jordison Knihy

One of the world's greatest literary cities, London has streets full of stories and buildings steeped in history. The biggest and most beloved names in English literature have all been here, and you can still see or visit their stomping grounds and favorite places. Follow Oscar Wilde from the literary salons to Clapham Junction; roam with Julian McClaren Ross through Fitzrovia, dropping in for a pint or three with Dylan Thomas at the Bricklayers' Arms; muse darkly over the Thames with Spencer, Eliot, and Conrad; and watch aghast as Lord Byron terrorizes his publisher on Albermarle Street. Moving through time and genre, from Spencer and Shakespeare to Amis and Barnes, from tragedy and romance to chick-lit and science fiction, Literary London is a snappy and informative guide, showing just why--as another famous local writer put it--he who is tired of London is tired of life.

From Sam Jordison, author of the bestselling Crap Towns series, comes I-SPY for Grown-ups.

Crap Towns started life on the website of The Idler magazine when readers were asked to write short pieces on awful places they knew and despised. This title is an irreverent guide to the 50 worst towns in Britain.

Kennen Sie die zehn dümmsten Tiere der Schöpfung, die zehn traurigsten Orte der Welt, die zehn schlimmsten Sexszenen der Filmgeschichte oder die zehn gruseligsten Parasiten, die uns Menschen befallen können? Neugierig geworden? Dann erwartet Sie in 162 Kapiteln ein Best-of der wohl übelsten und schlimmsten Dinge auf diesem Planeten. Sam Jordisons Sammelsurium ist die wohl wunderbarste Zusammenstellung menschlichen Versagens, krasser Fehleinschätzungen, vermeidbarer Katastrophen und wirklich, wirklich schlechter Musikalben aller Zeiten.