fae_wheelchair_witch's review
4.0
As is usually the case with Sinclair this book operates at different levels - often hard to read and at times wilfully obscure, it is still a brilliant read.
stewarthome's review
4.0
A banal reading of Ghost Milk might lead to an interpretation of the book as being about attempts at urban regeneration that are kick-started through the staging of events such as the Olympic Games. On this surface level the text is concerned not just with London 2012, but also earlier Olympic contests in Berlin, Athens, Munich and Mexico City — as well as other urban renewal schemes. Digging down into the deeper strata of this book, it is far more than merely a joke-laden treatise about that notoriously tricky and slippery authorial construct known to the world as "Iain Sinclair"; it is also a step by step guide to bringing poetry back to contemporary capitalist societies that are characterised by a sense of post-modern disenchantment...
Read the whole review here: http://www.stewarthomesociety.org/praxis/ghostmilk.htm
Read the whole review here: http://www.stewarthomesociety.org/praxis/ghostmilk.htm
More...