Night haunts /

Night haunts /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Sandhu, Sukhdev.
Imprint:	London : Artangel ; London ; New York : Verso, 2007, c2006.
Description:	143 p. ; 21 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Night. Eccentrics and eccentricities. Manners and customs. Night people. London (England) -- Description and travel. England -- London.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6494751

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Subtitle from cover: a journey through the London night
ISBN:	9781844671625 (hbk.) 1844671623 (hbk.)
Notes:	First published: Sukhdev Sandhu, 2006. Includes bibliographical references (p. 142-143).
Summary:	London atnight has always been seen as a lawless orgy of depravity andpestilence. But is it now as bland and unthreatening as any new town?Sukhdev Sandhu journeys across the city to find out whether the Londonnight really has been rendered neutral by street lighting and CCTVcameras. His nocturnal forays see him prospecting in the London nightwith the people who drive its pulse, from the avian police to securityguards, urban fox hunters and exorcists. He wades through the sewers,hangs out with pirate DJs, and accompanies the marine patrol lookingfor midnight corpses. Beautifully written, Night Haunts seeks to reclaim the mystery and romance of the city--to revitalize the great myth of London for a new century. -- Book jacket.

Table of Contents:

An Appetite for Stories: Introduction
- The Panoptic Sublime: Avian Police
- Aborigines and Unfortunates: Cleaners
- An Atlas of Suffering: Samaritans
- The War Against Terrors: The Exorcist
- A Partial Burial: Flushers
- Strange Antennae: Mini-Cab Drivers
- Fugitive Texts: Graffiti Writers
- Ale Always Tastes Good: A Thames Barger
- Contagion Set Free: The Urban Fox-Hunter
- Elliptical Night: Sleep Technicians
- Midnight Pilgrims: The Nuns of Tyburn .