{"product_id":"night-haunts-isbn-9781844676552","title":"Night Haunts","description":"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. \u003ci\u003eNight Haunts\u003c\/i\u003e seeks to reclaim the mystery and romance of the city—to revitalize the great myth of London for a new century.“Offering some of the greatest insights we have into contemporary London.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Michael Moorcock, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A book that restores some mystery and romance to the London night.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Unconventional, poetic and haunting meditation on the capital’s hours of darkness and the largely unregarded men and women who wakefully inhabit it.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Some of the most ambitious and memorable work of the last decade.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eTime Out\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Artangel is truly on the side of the angels.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Sandhu turns his gaze on a side of London many of us blithely pass through regularly; a dirty city with dirty secrets, after dark … \u003ci\u003eNight Haunts\u003c\/i\u003e is layered and lyrical … an essential though underappreciated contribution to the 2000s psychogeography revival.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Johny Pitts, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSukhdev Sandhu \u003c\/b\u003e is the author of, among other books, \u003ci\u003eLondon Calling: How Black and Asian Writers Imagined a City\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI’ll Get My Coat\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNight Haunt\u003c\/i\u003es. He lives in New york and London, and writes for the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eModern Painters\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the award-winning chief film critic of the \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e and Associate Professor of English literature at New York University.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301884055781,"sku":"NP9781844676552","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781844676552.jpg?v=1767733712","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/night-haunts-isbn-9781844676552","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}