{"product_id":"the-gold-machine-by-iain-sinclair-9781786079190","title":"The Gold Machine","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat does following in the footsteps of our ancestors mean? Iain Sinclair takes it literally. In \u003cem\u003eThe Gold Machine\u003c\/em\u003e, Sinclair and his daughter travel through Peru, guided by the itinerary of an ill-fated colonial expedition by his great-grandfather, Arthur Sinclair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVictorian Adventist missionaries are contrasted with today's ecotourists, coffee plantations with cocaine territories, and the charms of family history are set against the brutal realities of land grabs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA Boys' Own Adventure story in a leather-bound book is transformed into a shocking tale of the violated rights of indigenous people, secret dealings between London finance and the Peruvian government, and the collusion of the church in colonial expansion. In other words, a beautiful valley is now the property of a British corporation. In Sinclair's haunting prose, no place escapes its past and nor can we.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072375308524,"sku":"9781786079190","price":42.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/25406733482823.jpg?v=1765099542","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-gold-machine-by-iain-sinclair-9781786079190","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}