The gold machine : in the tracks of the mule dancers / Iain Sinclair.
| Author/creator | Sinclair, Iain, 1943- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | London, England : Oneworld Publications, 2021. |
| Copyright Date | ©2021 |
| Description | 421 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Machine generated contents note: GLINTS -- By the Brown River -- Something out of Something Else -- Dirty Sand -- The Silence in the Forest -- FRETS -- The Map on the Downstairs Wall -- Visiting Agent -- Passage Money -- The Beast in the Jungle -- Casement's Camera -- Guano -- Tasmania -- Hell's Gates -- Into the Interior -- FEVERS -- The Advocate -- Lima -- Breakfast -- Bones -- Soroche -- Convento de Santa Rosa de Ocopa -- La Oroya -- Tarma -- La Merced -- FURIES -- San Luis de Shuaro -- Maria Genoveva Leon Perez -- Lucho's Farm -- Cerro de la Sal -- Pampa Michi -- Bajo Marankiari -- The Waterfall -- Mules -- Mariscal Caceres -- Pichanaki -- Puerto Yurinaki -- Cascades -- Pampa Whaley -- The Cage of Paper -- Melbourne -- PROXIMA CENTAURI -- Solly Mander. |
| Summary | "From the award-wining author of The Last London and Lights Out for the Territory, a journey in the footsteps of our ancestors. In The Gold Machine, Iain Sinclair and his daughter travel through Peru, guided by - and in reaction to - an ill-fated colonial expedition led by his great-grandfather, Arthur Sinclair. The incursions of Catholic bounty hunters and Adventist missionaries are contrasted with today's ecotourists and short-cut vision seekers. The family history of a displaced Scottish highlander fades into the brutal reality of a major land grab. The historic thirst for gold and the establishment of sprawling coffee plantations leave terrible wounds on virgin territory. A Boys' Own Adventure story is transformed into a shocking tale of the violated rights of indigenous people, secret dealings between London finance and Peruvian government, and the collusion of the church in colonial expansion. A beautiful valley is now the property of a British corporation. In Sinclair's haunting prose, no place escapes its past, and nor can we."--Jacket flap. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-418). |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9780861540716 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| ISBN | 9781786079190 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 1786079194 (hardback) |