Do Not Pass Go by Tim Moore

Do Not Pass Go

From the Old Kent Road to Mayfair

by Tim Moore

Vintage, 2003, ISBN 0099433869, lightly illustrated with small illustrations at chapter headings, paperback

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, faint cut to front cover, no inscriptions (see photographs)

“Welcome to London.  A city where a house is yours for £50, banks make errors in your favour, and you can even park your car for free.  In Do Not Pass Go, Tim Moore boldly tackles the Monopoly board’s real streets, telling the story of a game and the city that frames it.  Moore stays in a hotel in Mayfair and one on the Old Kent Road, and solves all the mysteries you’ll have pondered whilst languishing in jail:  how Pall Mall got its name, which three addresses you won’t find in you’re a-Z and why the sorry cul-de-sac that is Vine Street has a special place in the heart of Britain’s most successful Monopoly champion.
Do Not Pass Go is a travelogue of one man’s erratic journey around those 28 streets, stations and utilities, and epic history of London’s wayward progress since the launch of the world’s most popular board game.”