London Orbital is Iain Sinclair's voyage of discovery into the unloved outskirts
of the city. Encircling London like a noose, the M25 is a road to nowhere, but
when Iain Sinclair sets out to walk this asphalt loop - keeping within the 'acou
stic footprints' - he is determined to find out where the journey will lead him.
Stumbling upon converted asylums, industrial and retail parks, ring-fenced gove
rnment institutions and lost villages, Sinclair discovers a Britain of the fring
es, a landscape consumed by developers.
London Orbital charts this extraordinar
y trek and round trip of the soul, revealing the country as you've never seen it
before.
