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Iain SinclairIncomprehensible hack or literary genius?
Discuss.
His writing in Downriver is so self-absorbed that borders on repulsive. His characters lack motivation. The syntax is at times unbearable.
I can't help comparing the book to London Fields (in fact he refers to Amis as a contemporary in his forword), and Sinclair just doesn't stack up to Amis in any way, shape, or form, so to speak.
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Comment from: ben [Member] 
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Did you read the Hackney one? I liked it. Havn't tried Downriver, but I did try the London one which was also a disaster. At least you didn't spend the day reading Charlie Stross... ick. ick.
09/19/09 @ 08:44
Comment from: graham [Member] · http://nonplatonic.com/graham.php
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Nope... i can't find Hackney Rose over here.
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