The Book of Trespass: Crossing the Lines that Divide Us by Nick Hayes these pieces reveal Maeve Brennan

these pieces reveal Maeve Brennan to be one of the twentieth century's most accomplished documentarians of city life

Hardie GrantISBN: 9781784885922Extent: 256 pages

Binding: Hardcover

or watching lovers quarrel in Washington Square

The Book of Trespass: Crossing the Lines that Divide Us by Nick Hayes these pieces reveal Maeve BrennanThe vast majority of our country is entirely unknown to us because we are banned from setting foot on it. By law of trespass, we are excluded from 92 per cent of the land and 97 per cent of its waterways, blocked by walls whose legitimacy is rarely questioned. But behind them lies a story of enclosure, exploitation and dispossession of public rights whose effects last to this day. The Book of Trespass takes us on a journey over the walls of England,