Mother London

Mother London is a novel by Michael Moorcock. Published in 1988, it was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize. Although the city of London itself is perhaps the central character, it follows three outpatients from a mental hospital—a music hall artist (Josef Kiss), a reclusive writer (David Mummery) and a woman just awoken from a long coma (Mary Gasalee)—who experience the history of the city from the Blitz to the late eighties through chaotic experience and sensory delusions.^[1] The novel is a non-chronological compilation of episodes, snippets and sidelines, rather than a single cohesive narrative. A piece in The Guardian called it 'a great, humane document'.^[2]

Mother London

Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author	Michael Moorcock
Cover artist	Peter Dyer
Language	English
Genre	Literary fiction
Publisher	Secker & Warburg
Publication date	1988
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	496 pp
ISBN	0-436-28461-8
OCLC	17917718
Followed by	King of the City

Michael Moorcock was the editor of New Worlds and gained numerous critical acclaim and media attention.^[3]

References

• "Internet Speculative Fiction Database". Retrieved 18 December 2007.
• "Moorcock's Miscellany". Archived from the original on 23 November 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2007.
• Brown, Charles N.; William G. Contento. "The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984–1998)". Retrieved 16 December 2007.

Footnotes

1. Phillips, Lawrence. London Narratives: Post-War Fiction and the City, London: Continuum, 2006, p 154.
2. "Crowning glory: Michael Moorcock's London". The Guardian. London.
3. Winter, Jerome (20 January 2013). "Radiant Time: An Interview with Michael Moorcock". LA Review of Books.