{"product_id":"agents-of-oblivion-iain-sinclair-9781783807710","title":"Agents of Oblivion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"How long have things been coming apart in this way?\" - \u003c\/em\u003eThe Lure of Silence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Generally speaking the dead do not return,\" pronounced Antonin Artaud. But the dead are permitted to visit those who welcome them. Their spectral, machine-made voices echo in deep tunnels under London. Voices without hosts. Without agency. They make their oracular pronouncements even when nobody is listening on the vast empty platforms of the Elizabeth Line. They have their codes and their secret meanings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour stories starting everywhere and finishing in madness. Four acknowledged guides. Four tricksters. Four inspirations. Algernon Blackwood. Arthur Machen. J. G. Ballard. H. P. Lovecraft. They are known as \"Agents of Oblivion\". And sometimes, in brighter light, as oblivious angels . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs host, as oracle, Iain Sinclair moves through this quartet of tales, through a spectral London that once was, or might never have been.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Iain Sinclair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1783807717\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781783807710\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Swan River Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.45d","brand":"Iain Sinclair","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45477253972223,"sku":"9781783807710","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_762a3f53-a957-4f94-9568-edf6ff401b41.jpg?v=1715919484","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/agents-of-oblivion-iain-sinclair-9781783807710","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}