Iain Sinclair - novelist, poet, psychogeographer Quiz

Answer: White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings

Published in 1987, "White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings" follows the misadventures of an eccentric band of secondhand-book dealers (among them Sinclair himself), linked with investigations and meditations on the Jack the Ripper murders. The other works, although pre-dating "White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings", are books of poetry.

Answer: Nicholas Hawksmoor

Sinclair links the allegedly sinister alignment of the churches with ritual sites of death and murder, including the Jack the Ripper and Radcliffe Highway murders. This fascination with the spirit of a particular place, and the effects of this on individual behaviour, is what "psychogeography" is all about.

The subject, incidentally, was taken up by Peter Ackroyd in his novel "Hawksmoor".

Answer: Thames

"Downriver" is a further trawl through the low-life elements of East London; an area which at the time the novel was written was in the process of being transformed forever by the redevelopment of the Isle of Dogs. Sinclair does not regard the changes as being for the better.

Answer: William Hope Hodgson

William Hope Hodgson is barely remembered these days, although Sinclair's interest in this work has helped to revive interest. If you haven't read it, try to hunt down a copy of this seriously weird novel, written in 1908.

Answer: Jeffery Archer

The ostensible reason for the visit is to view Lord Archer's art collection, and admire the views of the River Thames. Very sensibly, Archer arranges not to be there on the day of the visit, so Sinclair and his companion Marc Atkins are free to wander around making sarcastic comments under the eye of his secretary.

Answer: Dave McKean

Graphic artist Dave McKean contributes three out of the twelve episodes in this book.

Answer: 19 Princelet Street, Spitalfields

The book is inspired by the disappearance in 1969 of the elderly hermit, David Rodinsky, from his room above the old synagogue in Princelet Street. Sinclair's fascination with the mystery runs alongside Lichtenstein's investigations into Rodinsky's identity and her own Jewish roots.

Answer: The Millennium Dome

An exhilerating diatribe about this troubled project, albeit a trifle one-sided. Sinclair, predicatably, disapproves of the Dome and everything it stands for.

Answer: Llanthony Abbey

Llanthony Abbey in Wales was bought by Walter Savage Landor in 1805, where he made an unsuccessful attempt to set up a commune. Sinclair's novel links this with a series of suicides in the UK defence industry, as well as Jeremy Thorpe, Arthur Machen, and the disreputable book-dealers first encountered in "White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings".

Answer: M25

Unlike most people, who drive round it as quickly as possible before going somewhere more interesting, Sinclair walks along the route of the M25, which encircles London, mapping out in his usual style the suburbs and villages through which this takes him.