The bricks that built the houses

Resumen del libro

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Award-winning poet and rapper Kate Tempest's electrifying debut novel takes us into the beating heart of the capital in this multi-generational tale of drugs, desire and belonging. It gets into your bones. You don't even realise it, until you're driving through it, watching all the things you've always known and leaving them behind. 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 *This book has been printed with two different cover designs. We are unable to accept requests for a specific cover. The different covers will be assigned to orders at random.*

Biografía del autor

(Londres, 1985) comenzó su carrera en el mundo del x{0026}lt;i spoken wordx{0026}lt;/i y las x{0026}lt;i slamsx{0026}lt;/i de poesía. Desde entonces ha cultivado distintos géneros literarios: poesía, narrativa y teatro. En 2013 se convirtió en le poeta más joven en ganar el Premio Ted Hughes, obtuvo una nominación al Premio Costa Book y al BRIT. Ha formado parte, en dos ocasiones, de la selección del Premio Mercury y cuenta con dos nominaciones a los Ivor Novello Awards. Le ha sido concedido el título de Next Generation Poet por la Poetry Book Society, un galardón que se entrega cada diez años. x{0026}lt;i Cuando la vida te da un martillo,x{0026}lt;/i su primera novela (Sexto Piso, 2017), comparte personajes, tramas y temas con su álbum x{0026}lt;i Everybody Downx{0026}lt;/i (2016). En 2019 publicó su cuarto disco, x{0026}lt;i The Book of Traps and Lessons.x{0026}lt;/i Tempest creció en el sureste de Londres, donde aún vive.