What’s the most Londony Brookner novel?

I finally crunched the London place name data for all 24 of Brookner’s novels. This is the number of unique London place names mentioned in each book. (For a list of place names in all of Brookner’s novels, click here.)

47 – Falling Slowing
47 – A Private View
44 – Undue Influence
43 – A Family Romance (Dolly)
41 – Fraud
40 – Brief Lives
38 – The Rules of Engagement
35 – Lewis Percy
34 – A Closed Eye
32 – Altered States
32 – Strangers
31 – Latecomers
28 – Visitors
23 – The Bay of Angels
21 – The Next Big Thing (Making Things Better)
20 – Look at Me
13 – A Friend from England
13 – Leaving Home
11 – Family and Friends
11 – Incidents in the Rue Laugier
11 – The Misalliance
9 – A Start in Life (The Debut)
7 – Hotel du Lac
7 – Providence

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