You might also like

More about Bricks that Built the Houses

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

You get 28 loyalty points

Book synopsis

Becky, Harry and Leon are leaving town in a fourth-hand Ford Cortina with a suitcase full of money. They are running from jealous boyfriends, dead-end jobs, violent maniacs and disgruntled drug dealers, in the hope of escaping the restless tedium of life in south-east London. As the story moves back in time, to before they had to leave, we see them torn between confidence and self-loathing, between loneliness and desire, between desperate ambition and the terrifying prospect of getting nothing done.Kate Tempest explores contemporary city life with a powerful moral microscope, giving us irresistible stories of hidden lives and showing us how the best intentions don't always lead to the right decisions'Deeply affecting: cinematic in scope; touching in its empathic humanity ... Tempest's voice never falters' New York Times'A bold, bright, beguiling novel; a lustrous pageant that dazzles and grips ... An irresistible, immersive snapshot of a changing world ... Unstoppable' Sunday Telegraph

Book details

Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: Bricks that Built the Houses
• Author: Kate Tempest
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416
• EAN: 9781408857335
• ISBN: 9781408857335
• ID: 05366665
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Weight: 292 g
• Dimensions: 131 × 197 × 27 mm
• Date of publishing: 09. March 2017

Trending among others

---

---

---