Ground level: Questions of how to live and where to live in Alexander Baron's London novels

Cartwright, Anthony

Abstract

Everything is provisional here. Nothing is grounded..." runs a commentary from Iain Sinclair on twenty-first century Hackney. This chapter discusses the London novels of Alexander Baron in the context of current and historic London housing crises and how working class communities seek to endure, as Baron puts it, "making the best of a bad job".

• Publication Date: May 9, 2019
• Deposit Date: Jun 19, 2024
• Pages: 175-192
• Book Title: So We Live: The Novels of Alexander Baron
• ISBN: 9781910170618
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/12077118
• Publisher URL: https://fiveleaves.co.uk/product/so-we-live-the-novels-of-alexander-baron/