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This is London : life and death in the world city / Ben Judah.

By: Judah, Ben [author.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : Picador, 2016Description: 423 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781447276272 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Immigrants -- England -- London -- Social conditions | History | History | London (England) -- Emigration and immigration | London (England) -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 942.1'004 Summary: Ben Judah is an acclaimed foreign correspondent. In 'This is London', he turns his keen reporter's eye on home, immersing himself in the hidden world of the city's immigrants - from the richest to the poorest - to discover the complex and varied individuals who are making London what it is today. He's had dinner with oligarchs and meetings with foreign royalty, spent nights streetwalking and sleeping rough; he's heard stories of heart-breaking failure, but also witnessed extraordinary acts of compassion, hope and the triumph of love.

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Ben Judah is an acclaimed foreign correspondent. In 'This is London', he turns his keen reporter's eye on home, immersing himself in the hidden world of the city's immigrants - from the richest to the poorest - to discover the complex and varied individuals who are making London what it is today. He's had dinner with oligarchs and meetings with foreign royalty, spent nights streetwalking and sleeping rough; he's heard stories of heart-breaking failure, but also witnessed extraordinary acts of compassion, hope and the triumph of love.

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