SOCIAL SCIENCES

Vanishing Streets: Journeys in London

by J.M. Tyree
Redwood. Oct. 2016. 152p. photos. ISBN 9781503600034. $25. TRAV
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For visitors, the London of literature, history, and film is a bit disconnected with modern London and its quickly changing landscape. Tyree (nonfiction editor, New England Review; coauthor, Our Secret Life in the Movies) provides glimpses into his fascination and enthusiasm for the city and this disconnectedness. Tying together his love of exploring London, the 1950s British Free Cinema Movement, and his personal life, he takes readers on his journeys to discover bits and pieces of London. It's unclear what the author's overall point or intention is, and the book is difficult to categorize. Nonetheless, it's an engaging read, particularly when his expeditions around the city are paired with the locations portrayed in films from the cinema movement.
VERDICT Tyree offers an intriguing lens through which to view London in this relatively short narrative. Readers with an interest in the history and the changing cityscape of London as well as British film will find this book of note.
Reviewed by Louise Feldmann, Colorado State Univ. Lib., Fort Collins , Sep 01, 2016
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