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Raban's documentary portrait of metropolitan life written as part thesis,part reportage and part autobiography.
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'A brilliant book about how we all construct our own different versions of London'. -- Evening Standard
`the most important point about Soft City is that it is overwhelmingly right and true. . . . Soft City [is] as timely as ever' -- Evening Standard
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`the most important point about Soft City is that it is overwhelmingly right and true. . . . Soft City [is] as timely as ever' -- Evening Standard
One of the classics of travel writing, this is a prescient exploration of the individual's relationship with urban living
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- Publication date1974
- ISBN 10 0525206612
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Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good ++. First Edition. Bound in tan cloth, stamped in red in matching glossy dust jacket. A 222 pp. A book on City Living by Mr. Raban. Crease to back flap of dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 5004689
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