TY - BOOK AU - Sinclair,Iain TI - Hackney, that rose-red empire: a confidential report SN - 9780141012742 AV - PR6069.I525 H33 2009 U1 - 823.914 22 PY - 2009/// CY - London PB - Penguin Books KW - Hackney (London, England) KW - Social conditions KW - Fiction KW - History N2 - 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 ER -