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From the mean streets of Hackney to sleepy South London suburbs, from boho Bloomsbury to City wine bars, London Lies is a tour of the capital as you've never seen it before.
Moving from 1930s Camden to a Royal Wedding "riot", via football fights, office steeplechases and awkward dates in art galleries, London Lies is a bizarre, funny, moving and sometimes unnerving glimpse into the secret life of the city we all love and know.
Featuring nineteen writers and twenty-three stories showcased at award-winning monthly live literature event, London's Liars' League
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As someone who was born and brought up in London, and has lived there for the best part of 26 years, it would have been easy to take it somewhat personally if this collection had in any way failed to deliver. Luckily, this is one of the most enjoyable story collections I’ve had the pleasure of reading in several years…
In some ways, the consistently high quality of London Lies makes it difficult to review. Every time I have sat down to start writing, I’ve wanted to highlight different stories… (Londonist)
Nineteen authors from Liars' League, London's award-winning Monthly Live Literature event, David Bausor, Emily Cleaver, Katy Darby, Simon Hodgson, Liam Hogan, Jason Jackson, David Mildon, Laura Martz, Alan McCormick, Emily Pedder, Martin Pengelly, Cherry Potts, Clare Sandling, James Smyth, Rosalind Stopps, Joan Taylor-Rowan, Harry Whitehead, Laura Williams, Nichol Wilmor, bring you 24 stories of the London you love, and know.
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