This is London: Life and Death in the World City

by Ben Judah

Overview

This is London in the eyes of its beggars, bankers, coppers, gangsters, carers, witch-doctors and sex workers.

This is London in the voices of Arabs, Afghans, Nigerians, Poles, Romanians and Russians.

This is London as you've never seen it before.

Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction 2016
Shortlisted for the Ryszard Kapuscinski Award for Literary Reportage 2019

'An eye-opening investigation into the hidden immigrant life of the city' Sunday Times

'Full of nuggets of unexpected information about the lives of others . . . It recalls the journalism of Orwell' Financial Times

'Ben Judah grabs hold of London and shakes out its secrets' The Economist

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781447274803
Publisher:	Pan Macmillan
Publication date:	01/28/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
File size:	50 MB
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Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Ben Judah was born in London. He has travelled widely in Russia, Central Asia and the Levant. His writing has featured widely, including the New York Times, the Evening Standard, the Financial Times and Standpoint. In 2016, Ben was chosen as one of Forbes magazine's 30 under 30 in European media. His first book, Fragile Empire, was published by Yale University Press in 2013.
Ben Judah is an author and journalist. He has reported from across Europe with his writing on politics and society featuring widely, including in The Sunday Times, The Financial Times and Foreign Policy. His second book, This is London, published by Picador, was longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize and for the Ryszard Kapuscinski Award for Literary Reportage. This Is Europe is his third book.

Editorial Reviews

It is hard to overstate the value of what Judah has done . . . This is London is an important and impressive book

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