Londoners by Craig Taylor audiobook

Londoners

By Craig Taylor
Read by  various narrators

WF Howes
14.15 Hours Unabridged
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    ISBN: 9781471208812

Craig Taylor, an acclaimed journalist, playwright, and writer, spent five years exploring the city and listening to its residents to create this amazingly rich portrait of London. Here are the voices of London—rich and poor, native and immigrant, women and men. From the woman whose voice announces the stations on the London Underground to the man who plants the trees along Oxford Street; from a Pakistani currency trader to a Guardsman at Buckingham Palace—together these voices paint a vivid, epic, and wholly fresh portrait of twenty-first-century London.

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Summary

Summary

Craig Taylor, an acclaimed journalist, playwright, and writer, spent five years exploring the city and listening to its residents to create this amazingly rich portrait of London.

Here are the voices of London—rich and poor, native and immigrant, women and men. From the woman whose voice announces the stations on the London Underground to the man who plants the trees along Oxford Street; from a Pakistani currency trader to a Guardsman at Buckingham Palace—together these voices paint a vivid, epic, and wholly fresh portrait of twenty-first-century London.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“A rich and exuberant kaleidoscopic portrait of a great, messy, noisy, daunting, inspiring, maddening, enthralling, constantly shifting Rorschach test of a place…Delightful…In Taylor’s patient and sympathetic hands, regular people become poets, philosophers, [and] orators.” New York Times Book Review
“Enlightening…Londoners offers an impression of the city’s people, a way to understand their motives and fears and the simmering rush. It captures the combination of quiet desperation and boundless optimism required to live [there].” San Francisco Chronicle
“Splendid…A remarkable volume [of] countless funny, terrifying, epic stories.” Guardian (London)
“Engaging…A treasury of compact vignettes from voices that are rarely heard but come closer to the truth of the city than any travel brochure or official document.” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
“Fans of Studs Terkel’s insightful oral histories will be delighted to discover a successor in Taylor…His book brings London to life as it is—ever changing, ever eternal, ever unforgettable. A delight!” Library Journal (starred review)
“Highly engaging…Bursts with charm, edification, and life.” Booklist

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Author

Author Bio: Craig Taylor

Author Bio: Craig Taylor

Craig Taylor is the author of Return to Akenfield and One Million Tiny Plays about Britain, both of which have been adapted for the stage. He is also the editor of the literary magazine Five Dials. He lives in London.

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Details

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Available Formats : Digital Download
Category: Nonfiction
Runtime: 14.15
Audience: Adult
Language: English