Dining on Stones (Paperback)

Iain Sinclair

ISBN 10: 0141014822 / ISBN 13: 9780141014821

Published by Penguin Books Ltd, London, 2005

About this Item

Paperback. Iain Sinclair is one of the most original and influential writers of the last decade.Andrew Norton, poet, visionary and hack, is handed a mysterious package that sees him quit London and head out along the A13 on an as yet undefined quest. Holing up in a roadside hotel, unable to make sense of his search, he is haunted by ghosts: of the dead and the not-so dead; demanding wives and ex-wives; East End gangsters; even competing versions of himself. Shifting from Hackney to Hastings and all places in-between, while dissecting a man's fractured psyche piece by piece, Dining on Stones is a puzzle and a quest - for both writer and reader. Shifting from Hackney to Hastings and all places in-between, while dissecting a man's fractured psyche piece by piece, this book is a puzzle and a quest - for both writer and reader. It is a sharp, edgy mystery of London and its environs. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dining on Stones (Paperback)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0141014822
• ISBN 13: 9780141014821
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Andrew Norton, poet, visionary and hack, is handed a mysterious package that sees him quit London and head out along the A13 on an as yet undefined quest. Holing up in a roadside hotel, unable to make sense of his search, he is haunted by ghosts: of the dead and the not-so dead; demanding wives and ex-wives; East End gangsters; even competing versions of himself. Shifting from Hackney to Hastings and all places in-between, while dissecting a man's fractured psyche piece by piece, Dining on Stones is a puzzle and a quest for both writer and reader.

About the Author

Iain Sinclair is the author of numerous works of fiction, poetry non-fiction, including Lud Heat; White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings; Downriver; Radon Daughters; Lights Out for the Territory; Rodinsky's Room, with Rachel Lichtenstein; Landor's Tower; London Orbital; Dining On Stones; Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire and Ghost Milk; American Smoke and London Overground. Downriver won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Encore Award. He lives in Hackney, east London.