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A Northern Line Minute
A Northern Line Minute

A Northern Line Minute

The Northern Line

Penguin Underground Lines

HUMOR

96 Pages, 4.5 x 7

Trade Paper, $9.95 (US $9.95) (CA $8.99)

Publication Date: March 2013

ISBN 9781846145315

Rights: US

Penguin UK (Mar 2013)
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Overview

William Leith, author of The Hungry Years and Bits of Me Are Falling Apart, tells, in A Northern Line Minute, the darkly humorous tales of his escapades on the Tube—part of a series of 12 books tied to the 12 lines of the London Underground, as Tfl celebrates 150 years of the Tube with Penguin. Also available in a boxed set.

Reviews

"The nervy prose of William Leith could not be more apt for the rather fraught Northern line, and his manic, anxious account ... is probably the most addictively readable thing [in the series]."  —Observer

"Phobic about tunnels, Leith renders his panic and chagrin brilliantly."  —Evening Standard

"Hilarious, self-lacerating . . . superb."  —Jon Ronson, author, The Psychopath Test

"Authors include the masterly John Lanchester, the children of Kids Company, comic John O'Farrell and social geographer Danny Dorling. Ranging from the polemical to the fantastical, the personal to the societal, they offer something for every taste. All experience the city as a cultural phenomenon and notice its nature and its people. Read individually they're delightful small reads, pulled together they offer a particular portrait of a global city."  —Evening Standard

"A collection of beautiful books."  —Grazia

"Exquisitely diverse."  —Times

"A series of short, sharp, city-based vignettes—some personal, some political and some pictorial. . . each inimitable author finds that our city is complicated but ultimately connected, full of wit, and just the right amount of grit."  —Fabric magazine

"Eclectic and broad-minded. . . beautifully designed."  —Observer

Author Biography

William Leith is known for his personal writing and humor. He a journalist and author of, among others, Bits of Me Are Falling Apart and The Hungry Years.

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