Marshland is a genre bending, multidisciplinary, outstanding piece of writing about the East London marshes. It acts as a map, a blend of local history, folklore and weird fiction, where nothing is quite as it seems. Walking around the area, cocker spaniel by his side, the author discovers a lost world of Victorian filter plants, ancient grazing lands, dead toy factories and tidal rivers on the edgelands of a rapidly changing city. It soon becomes clear that the very existence of this unique landscape is at threat. For on all sides of the marshland, the developers are closing in...
