Grant Hamilton is Associate Professor of English Literature at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He teaches and researches in the areas of twentieth-century world literatures in English and literary theory.

This book argues that certain works by Michael Moorcock, Iain Sinclair, Penelope Lively, Peter Ackroyd, and J.G. Ballard constitute the coordinates of an altermodernity that might bring to an end the most deleterious effects and affects of today's hyper-aggressive strain of capitalism.

Introduction:

Writing London at the end of capitalism

Chapter 1:

Michael Moorcock's Mother London and the viscous city

Chapter 2:

Iain Sinclair's Downriver and the allure of the I-city

Chapter 3:

Penelope Lively's City of the Mind and the simultaneous city

Chapter 4:

Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor and the churches of absolute space

Chapter 5:

J. G. Ballard's Crash and the seduction of objects

Conclusion:

The coordinates of an altermodernity