10 years of the long read: The invisible city: how a homeless man built a life underground (2020)

The Audio Long Read

The Guardian

Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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After decades among the hidden homeless, Dominic Van Allen dug himself a bunker beneath a public park. But his life would get even more precarious. By Tom Lamont. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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1:37.6	Hi, my name is Tom Lamont, and I'm the author of The Invisible City, how a homeless man built a life underground, which was published as a Guardian Long Read in 2020.
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