Walk the Lines: The London Underground, Overground - Softcover

Mason, Mark

 
9780099557937: Walk the Lines: The London Underground, Overground
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0099557932 ISBN 13: 9780099557937
Verlag: Arrow, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

The only way to truly discover a city, they say, is on foot. Taking this to extremes, Mark Mason sets out to walk the entire length of the London Underground - overground - passing every station on the way.

In a story packed with historical trivia, personal musings and eavesdropped conversations, Mark learns how to get the best gossip in the City, where to find a pint at 7am, and why the Bank of England won't let you join the M11 northbound at Junction 5. He has an East End cup of tea with the Krays' official biographer, discovers what cabbies mean by 'on the cotton', and meets the Archers star who was the voice of 'Mind the Gap'.

Over the course of several hundred miles, Mark contemplates London's contradictions as well as its charms. He gains insights into our fascination with maps and sees how walking changes our view of the world. Above all, in this love letter to a complicated friend, he celebrates the sights, sounds and soul of the greatest city on earth.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Mark Mason's previous non-fiction includes The Importance of Being Trivial, Walk the Lines, The Bluffer's Guide To Football and The Bluffer's Guide To Bond. He is also the author of three novels, and has written for most British national newspapers (though never about anything too heavy), and magazines from The Spectator to Four Four Two. He lives in Suffolk with his partner and son.

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Verlag
Arrow
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0099557932
ISBN 13 
9780099557937
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
400
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