Stuart Kelly

Only Iain Sinclair could glimpse Hackney in the wilds of Peru

Yet, as he travels along the Perené River, there appear to be parallels: land grabs, exploitation and the creeping homogenisation of capitalist culture

Iain Sinclair on the Perené River. [© Iain Sinclair]
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