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A review by m_aleksander
Queer City by Peter Ackroyd
3.0
The first ~120 pages were a fairly dispassionate list of events with no connection and little explanation and at ~230 pages the book felt a bit light on detail. Use the bibliography at the back to find more in depth sources.
The ending was a bit strange. He gives a pretty depressing account of how sanitised and tame London has become, though I couldn't quite figure out what political argument he's making. I found some of the elements of triumphalism a bit hard to take given how contingent this sort of progress can be.
The ending was a bit strange. He gives a pretty depressing account of how sanitised and tame London has become, though I couldn't quite figure out what political argument he's making. I found some of the elements of triumphalism a bit hard to take given how contingent this sort of progress can be.