Hackney, that rose-red empire a confidential report
Iain Sinclair ; with original prints and drawings by Oona Grimes.
- London ; Penguin Books 2009
- viii, 581 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Hackney, that Rose-Red Empire is Iain Sinclair's personal record of the area of London in which he has lived for forty years. It is a documentary fiction, seeking to capture the spirit pf place, before Hackney succumbs to mendacious green papers, eco boasts, sponsored public art and the Olympic Park gnawing at its edges