London Overground

Iain Sinclair explores modern London through a days hike around the London Overground route.

Echoing his journey in London Orbital over a decade ago, Iain Sinclair narrates his second circular walk around the capital. Shortly after rush-hour and accompanied by a rambling companion, Sinclair begins walking along Londons Overground network, or, Ginger Line. With characteristic playfulness, detours into folk history, withering assessments of the political classes and a joyful allegiance to the ordinary oddball, Sinclair guides us on a tour of Londons trendiest new transport network - and shows the shifting, changing city from new and surprising angles.

He is incapable of writing a dull paragraphScotland on Sunday
Sinclair breathes wondrous life into monstrous man-made landscapes Times Literary Supplement

If you are drawn to English that doesnt just sing, but sings the blues and does scat and rocks the joint, try Sinclair. His sentences deliver a rush like no one elsesWashington Post

Iain Sinclairs books include London Orbital, Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire, Downriver (which won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Encore Award) Ghost Milk and American Smoke. He lives in Hackney, East London.