From the 17th century, Tangier has been a place on the edge, beyond the normal disciplines of government, a city of refuge and excitements where sex is cheap, drugs are plentiful and where the outcasts of the world can breathe easily. This book explores this 'last resort of the living dead, alive but not madly kicking'.
Iain Finlayson is the author of acclaimed biographies of James Boswell and Robert Browning, as well as books on such varied themes as the Scots, the writers of Romney Marsh and denim. He is Books Editor of Saga Magazine and reviews books for The Times as well as writing for Harpers Bazaar and the Scotsman, among others.
'Finlayson's crisp narrative which bubbles into metaphorical rhapsody. Charming - and as elegant a history of the city as you could find anywhere.' -MAREK KOHN, 'Independent' 'Not a suitable gift for that apocryphal maiden aunt - Finlayson writes so elegantly and scathingly about Tangier and its infidel Nazarenes - one suspects his name has already been struck off a good few Tangier guest-lists' -PHILIP HOARE, 'Sunday Times' 'Finlayson is a brilliant juggler of moods and vignettes' -JONATHAN KEATES, 'Observer' 'A masterpiece of literary gossip.'- Mark Archer, 'Sunday Telegraph'
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