Unofficial Britain by Gareth E Rees
Unofficial Britain is made up of the places that are often left behind. This is a journey into the overlooked spaces that really tell the modern story of our island.
"The mythical and the municipal collide in a weirdly compelling tour of Britain's built environment" - The Financial Times
"Rees finds soul in these soulless locations, charting stories and encounters as rich as those found among rolling hills and chocolate box villagesA delight." - The New European
"Terrific... Britain's urban landscape is just as freighted with myth and mystery as its castles and ancient monuments and [Rees] proves it by unearthing a treasure trove of riveting stories." - Sunday Times, Best Books of the Year, 2020
"Should be required reading in every motorway service station coffee shop up and down this land" - The Psychogeographic Review
"A wonderful ramble through the Brexit Britain of today - warts and all." - Elsewhere: A Journal of Place
"Essential reading if you are interested in the urban wyrd and how folklore is mutating and developing in modern times." - Folk Horror Revival
"Unofficial Britain was my book of 2020" - Paul Cheney, Half Man Half Book
"Effortlessly combining urban folklore and personal memoir, history and psychogeography, road-trip narrative and gonzo journalism." - Ends of the World
"Unexpected and fascinating" - Melissa Harrison, author of The Stubborn Light of Things
"A fascinating and sometimes unnerving book" - Shiny New Books
"Dry and often very funny" - Bookmunch
"[...] harnesses the personal and philosophical, offering thoughts that are penetrating yet always entertaining [...] A fresh take on vistas some may too readily dismiss." - Never Imitate
"You should read this book. It will make you stay up too late, laugh out loud, and then freak yourself out looking out of the window at the haunted-looking binbag blowing past Carpet Right in the dead of night." - Michael Smith, author of Unreal City
"Rees finds soul in these soulless locations, charting stories and encounters as rich as those found among rolling hills and chocolate box villagesA delight." - The New European
"Terrific... Britain's urban landscape is just as freighted with myth and mystery as its castles and ancient monuments and [Rees] proves it by unearthing a treasure trove of riveting stories." - Sunday Times, Best Books of the Year, 2020
"Should be required reading in every motorway service station coffee shop up and down this land" - The Psychogeographic Review
"A wonderful ramble through the Brexit Britain of today - warts and all." - Elsewhere: A Journal of Place
"Essential reading if you are interested in the urban wyrd and how folklore is mutating and developing in modern times." - Folk Horror Revival
"Unofficial Britain was my book of 2020" - Paul Cheney, Half Man Half Book
"Effortlessly combining urban folklore and personal memoir, history and psychogeography, road-trip narrative and gonzo journalism." - Ends of the World
"Unexpected and fascinating" - Melissa Harrison, author of The Stubborn Light of Things
"A fascinating and sometimes unnerving book" - Shiny New Books
"Dry and often very funny" - Bookmunch
"[...] harnesses the personal and philosophical, offering thoughts that are penetrating yet always entertaining [...] A fresh take on vistas some may too readily dismiss." - Never Imitate
"You should read this book. It will make you stay up too late, laugh out loud, and then freak yourself out looking out of the window at the haunted-looking binbag blowing past Carpet Right in the dead of night." - Michael Smith, author of Unreal City
"An appreciation of quotidian, overlooked and sometimes grotty landscapes; part memoir, part 'hauntology', and a stiff dose of nearness and weirdness to counter the tweeness that afflicts some topographical writing." - Will Wiles, author of Care of Wooden Floors
Gareth E. Rees is founder of the popular Unofficial Britain website and author of three books, Marshland (2013), The Stone Tide (2018) and Car Park Life, which was published to rave reviews in 2019. Born in Germany, brought up in Scotland and the north of England, he lived in London for many years before moving to Hastings. The modern myths and folklore of place have always driven his writing, which includes horror and weird fiction tales for numerous anthologies, including The Best of British Fantasy 2019.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781783965960 |
| ISBN 10 | 1783965967 |
| Title | Unofficial Britain |
| Author | Gareth E Rees |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Elliott & Thompson Limited |
| Year published | 2021-07-08 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Prizes | Long-listed for RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2021 (UK) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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