| Title | : | Leadville |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0330392638 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780330392631 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 293 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 2000 |
| Awards | : | John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (2000), Somerset Maugham Award (2001) |
"One afternoon in January 1995, as I drove along Western Avenue, I did what I had never done before: I parked the car in a side-street and walked on to the road..."
In "Leadville," Edward Platt tells the story of Western Avenue from the optimism of its construction in the 1920s to its partial demolition seventy years later. It is a tale of the city and the traffic, of suburbia and the dreams of its inhabitants, and of our senseless and all-consuming love affair with the motor car.
'Platt has created a drama that is not only Orwellian in its attention to what you might call the state of the nation . . . but almost Dickensian in the recording of the colour and pathos of its inhabitants' Tim Lott, "The Times"
'endlessly entertaining - an original talent and an excellent book.'
Norman Lewis
'A reporter of fearless imagination.' Simon Jenkins, The Times.
Leadville won a Somerset Maugham Award and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, and was shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize and the James Stern Silver Pen Award for Non Fiction.
In "Leadville," Edward Platt tells the story of Western Avenue from the optimism of its construction in the 1920s to its partial demolition seventy years later. It is a tale of the city and the traffic, of suburbia and the dreams of its inhabitants, and of our senseless and all-consuming love affair with the motor car.
'Platt has created a drama that is not only Orwellian in its attention to what you might call the state of the nation . . . but almost Dickensian in the recording of the colour and pathos of its inhabitants' Tim Lott, "The Times"
'endlessly entertaining - an original talent and an excellent book.'
Norman Lewis
'A reporter of fearless imagination.' Simon Jenkins, The Times.
Leadville won a Somerset Maugham Award and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, and was shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize and the James Stern Silver Pen Award for Non Fiction.
Leadville Reviews
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Absorbing and readable journalistic book about Western Avenue, one of the big dual carriageways entering London from the west, the people who live and work along it and the effects on them of plans to widen the road.
It was recommended to me because I was going on about Concretopia - it's not as good as that but is interesting in the same way. -
Totally enjoyed this authors writing. Thought the book would be absolutely boring, however really liked the way the book moved forward and unfolded. Made me appreciate peoples lives and also realise how important where we live is for all of us.
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Wonderful history book, the history of an urban road, and the story of the footbridge.
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I liked because I know the Western Avenue so well!
