Originally published in a limited but beautifully designed edition by the Uppingham gallery owner Mike Goldmark in 1987,
White Chappell, Scarlet Tracingswas picked up and republished by Paladin a year later, introducing Iain Sinclair's work, for the first time, to a mass audience. It went on to become the sole runner-up in the Guardian Fiction Prize. Previously known as a poet,
White Chappell, Scarlet Tracingswas Sinclair's first novel. As the author himself notes in the book's acknowledgements, it may be regarded as closing a trilogy begun with the poetic works,
Lud Heat(1975) and
Suicide Bridge(1979), while also opening a trilogy of novels concluding with
Downriver(1991) and
Radon Daughters(1994).
As is the case with all of these works, White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings is centred
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Citation: Cunningham, David. "White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 21 March 2002 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=8768, accessed 23 November 2024.]
