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The speaker is saying that growing up outside Britain shaped his perspective, and that his first impression of London was negative. He describes the city as plain, dull, and lacking in energy at that time.
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Originally said in English.
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About John Lanchester
British journalist and novelist
John Henry Lanchester is a British journalist and novelist. His reviews appear frequently in the London Review of Books. He is known for writing journalism and fiction, with book reviews as a regular part of his work. The available facts place him chiefly as a contemporary British writer whose name is closely associated with criticism and literary journalism.
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Books by John Lanchester
The Debt to Pleasure
1996
Capital
2012