White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings

by Iain Sinclair

Book Overview

'In this extraordinary work Sinclair combines a sort of spiritual inquest or seance into the Whitechapel Ripper murders and the dark side of the late Victorian imagination with another plot-thread,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 186207206X
• ISBN13: 9781862072060
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Granta Books (Uk)
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Dirty and dangerous

Iain Sinclair knows the mythical paths of London like no-one else. In poetic often painfully intense prose, he conjures up the half-dead spirits that stalk the streets of this seedy town. The landscape is dominated by dodgy second-hand book dealers skulking in the shadows obsessed by the Ripper murders, and by the vicious presence of Jack himself, the embodiement of powerful evil forces embedded in the fabric of the city. If you only ever read one novel about Jack the Ripper, or never wanted to read one, White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings is a must. A warning though: it is not for the faint-hearted.