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'Moving, beautiful and important' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Punchy and persuasive' SUNDAY TIMES As Sophia Smith Galer’s Nonna lay dying, she realised it wasn’t just a beloved grandmother she was losing – it was the language she spoke, too. From Northern Italy, she spoke a dialët that Sophia, like...

'A book to underline endlessly, to carry around until battered, and then to tell all your friends to buy because you're too reluctant to give up your own copy. A wonder’ Polly Barton 'Brings a welcome freshness of vision and a dashing style … provocative and illuminating' The Spectator...

This is London in the eyes of its the homeless, bankers, coppers, gangsters, carers and sex workers. This is London in the voices of Poles, Arabs, Afghans, Nigerians, Romanians and Russians. This is London as you've never seen it before. Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction...