Now, the tourist hot spots of the city were the very parts that made it like everywhere else. Was it possible to imagine those buildings without inhaling the animal-fat stink of McDonald’s or KFC? He never thought London would cease to appeal to him, but the little faded glory it still possessed was being scuffed away by the dead hand of globalization. On his down days he saw London as a crumbling ancient house, slowly collapsing under the weight of its own past.
Christopher Fowler (b.1953)
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I have enjoyed all of Christopher Fowler’s books, he was a great writer.
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I’m now on book 5 of his Bryant and May there’re great.
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They are.
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I get that, and I am on his side.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I love Christopher Fowler’s work, he really had the feel of London.
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McDonald’s and KFC in 1953? I don’t think so
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Hey! Don’t shoot the messenger. Christopher Fowler was born in 1953, sadly he died recently a sad loss of a great London author.
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Thank you for the clarification. My apologies for misunderstanding
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