Since Jonathan Glancey’s and Jonathan Yard­ley’s reviews of City appeared at the begin­ning of June, there have been many more favourable pieces on my book. Here are a few quotes and links:

“It’s a won­der­ful book: BLDGBLOG meets Ita­lo Calvi­no. Gor­geous, smart, fun, and full of sur­pris­es, like wan­der­ing all the world’s great cities at once … Irre­sistible”
— David Dobbs, Wired.com

“From mega­lopo­lis to small urban spaces, we can­not deny that the pow­er and influ­ence of cities is tru­ly glob­al, as Smith argues. This book is a per­fect way to under­stand the glob­alised phe­nom­e­na hid­den behind the word ‘city’.”
— Ethel Baraona Pohl, Domus, 29 June 2012

“…hand­some and well-written…the great strength of City is that it gath­ers in one place myr­i­ad themes and angles, pro­vid­ing gen­er­al­ists with a high­ly read­able, pithy resumé of cen­turies of city-relat­ed hap­pen­ings and trends. Authors such as Alain de Bot­ton and Iain Sin­clair have cov­ered sim­i­lar ter­ri­to­ry else­where, but Smith is less pre­ten­tious and and less opaque than either…”
— Chris Moss, Times Lit­er­ary Sup­ple­ment, 15 June 2012

“The range of mate­r­i­al is breath­tak­ing, but Smith wears his eru­di­tion light­ly. The prose of City is smart and fast-paced, with a nice bal­ance between big pic­ture his­to­ry and close-up details. The book is full of “aha” moments and occa­sion­al humor. This one’s a must read for his­to­ry geeks.”
— Pamela Toler, Shelf Aware­ness, 29 June 2012. Starred review.

“Smith’s prose is clear-cut and con­fi­dent, and the book fea­tures stun­ning illus­tra­tions, most of them in colour…Smith is espe­cial­ly adept at cap­tur­ing the inces­sant human inter­ac­tion which char­ac­ter­izes city life, from car­ni­vals to street demon­stra­tions and graf­fi­ti. Read­ers can vir­tu­al­ly smell the pho sold by a street ven­dor in Hanoi, or mar­vel at acro­bat­ics of skate­board­ers along the Thames. An absorb­ing and time­ly book.”
— Marc Vincent, Cleve­land Plain Deal­er, 24 June 2012

More reviews and com­ments here. City is avail­able as a hard­back or as an e‑book on Kin­dle (UK & US) or iPad. Buy at Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.com | Barnes & Noble | Blooms­bury |Indiebound | Water­stones