{"product_id":"hidden-city-4","title":"Hidden City By Whitney, Karl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKarl Whitney''s \u003ci\u003eHidden City\u003c\/i\u003e: a brilliant portrait of Dublin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDublin is a city much visited and deeply mythologized. In \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eHidden City\u003c\/i\u003e, Karl Whitney - who has been described by \u003ci\u003eGorse\u003c\/i\u003e as ''Dublin''s best psychogeographer since James Joyce'' - explores the places the city''s denizens and tourists easily overlook. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhitney finds hidden places and untold stories in underground rivers of the Liberties, on the derelict sites once earmarked for skyscrapers in Ballsbridge, in the twenty Dublin homes once inhabited by Joyce, and on the beach at Loughshinny, where he watches raw sewage being pumped into the shallows of the Irish Sea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHidden City\u003c\/i\u003e shows us a Dublin - or a collection of Dublins - that we''ve never seen before, a city hiding in plain sight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Ingenious and affectionate\u003c\/b\u003e ... It would be great then if the Americans and the Germans who come to Dublin in large numbers, and claim to love the city, had Whitney''s book in hand rather than, say, \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e, or some official guide book'' Colm Tóibín, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Marvellous\u003c\/b\u003e ... The author''s eye for observation is second to none ... Hidden City is a necessary corrective to a heritage-influenced view of the past and present: for Whitney reminds us that all our environments are human - created for and maintained by us, for good and ill'' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e''This \u003cb\u003ecaptivating\u003c\/b\u003e urban tale has soul, scholarship and insights aplenty'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e''Warm, charming, sharp and informative, this \u003cb\u003ebrilliant\u003c\/b\u003e book is an indispensable guide to contemporary Dublin'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Business Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e''Oh, how the capital has cried out for a book like this ... a \u003cb\u003efascinating\u003c\/b\u003e travelogue that will make you look at Dublin with fresh eyes'' \u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57692201222526,"sku":"NW9780241966129","price":10.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780241966129.jpg?v=1784184085","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/hidden-city-4","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}