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Acquired for Development By...: A Hackney Anthology

Penned By Gary Budden
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Acquired for Development By...: A Hackney Anthology

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Hackney, North-east London. 2012.Twenty-five writers. Twenty-five different perspectives on a rapidly changing London borough.From gentrification to supermarket sandwiches, Turkish Alevism to inner-city river living, middle-class civil war to pylon romance, "Acquired for Development by..." captures an alternative, insightful and sometimes bizarre take on modern London life.Contents:A Dream Life of Hackney Marshes by Gareth ReesFibre Optic Tree by Anita DeMahyRivers of Change by Nell Frizzellhttp:// by Lee RourkeDalston Lane by Daniel KrambDalston Kittiwakes by Tim BurrowsThe Battle of Kingsland Road by Paul CaseTara by Gavin James BowerNeo-Noir Hackney Haikus by Natalie HardwickPavel's Smokes + Fortune by Molly NaylorTautologies by Gary Budden2061 by Ashlee ChristoffersenDemolition: Clapton Park Estate 1993 by Kieran DuddyA Hackney Triptych by David DawkinsElectric Blue by Ania OstrowskaHackney Numbers by Sam BerksonThe Finest Store by Kit Caless'Ackney by Isaura Barbé-BrownSuki's Cherry by Georgia MyersAll Gone by Andrea WattsFoucault Over the Garden Fence by Eithne NightingaleDark Island: Wallis Road 09.03.11 by Colin PriestPaper Corpse by Rosie Higham-StaintonWicklove by Siddhartha Bose

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Length 288 Pages
Language Eng
Imprint Influx Press
Released April 26, 2012
Identifier (ISBN) 13632128
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Gary Budden

Gary Budden writes contemporary fiction and has always been fascinated by character-driven stories. They hold a degree in English Literature and previously worked as an editor before transitioning to writing their own books. Gary Budden lives with their spouse and a very vocal rescue cat.

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