Downriver—Or, The Vessels of Wrath sports a smoky frontispiece of a dozen curious black-and-white photographs: one each of the twelve is subsequently attached to the opening page of the twelve narrative tales that subdivide the book. These photos are of various locales in and around the Congo Riv...
The trick with Iain Sinclair is not to try too hard to take in everything, mentally wander with him and his friends through the landscape and if at times your attention wanders or you get a little tired that's really okay. Sometimes you'll perk up like when he meets Alan Moore, at other times you...