The bricks that built the houses
Tempest, Kate2016
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Young Londoners 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 - the place they have always called home. 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. In The Bricks that Built The Houses 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
Main title:
The bricks that built the houses / Kate Tempest.
Author:
Tempest, Kate, author
Imprint:
London Bloomsbury, 2016.
Collation:
399 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN:
9781408857311 (pbk)1408857316 (pbk)9781408857335
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
421174
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library at the Dock | Fiction | TEMP | Available |
| North Melbourne Library | Fiction Paperback | General T | Available |