London Orbital. A Walk around the M25.

First edition. Large 8vo. Pp. [x], 482, [4 (blank)]. Publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt to spine; map endpapers. B/w line drawings by Laurence "Renchi" Bicknell; colour photographic plates by Dave McKean. A signed, slip-cased edition limited to 26 lettered and 100 numbered copies was published simultaneously by Granta.

Signed by Author to title page.

A key psycho-geography work focusing on the M25, London's outer-ring motorway and world's largest by-pass, which Sinclair set out to explore on foot. A documentary road movie he co-directed with Chris Petit about this sojourn into the unloved outskirts of the city was released concurrently with this volume. "It isn't often that one reads a book and is convinced that it's an instant classic, but I'm sure that London Orbital will be read 50 years from now. It's a fascinating snapshot of who we are, lit by Sinclair's vivid prose." –J. G. Ballard, Observer