Londons and storytellers

I am Australian, and yet I have had the privilege to visit London a few times - a city I have always been fascinated by. I have loved it every time. I love its history, and I love the way that it offers itself to storytellers. I’m not saying it’s unique as a city, of course, but it has been used in wonderful ways. In this essay, Tobias Carroll looks specifically at Alan Moore’s most recent novel, as well as the Londons of others within Moore’s orbit. The ways in which one town can be used differently is intriguing, and this essay draws out some of those strands.