I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning ++++ A BEAUTIFUL SIGNED & LINED UK FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING HARDBACK ++++

Keiran Goddard

ISBN 10: 1408717816 / ISBN 13: 9781408717813

Published by Little Brown, UK, 2024

About this Item

A fine UK first edition, first printing hardback (light bump to corner) - in a fine unclipped dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED & LINED BY THE AUTHOR - Pictures available upon request.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning ++++ A BEAUTIFUL SIGNED & LINED UK FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING HARDBACK ++++
• Publisher: Little Brown, UK
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1408717816
• ISBN 13: 9781408717813
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Five friends. Five lives. Countless hopes.

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Patrick, Shiv, Rian, Oli and Conor grew up together. They played together, skipped school together, and dreamt of everything they'd do with their lives.

Now they are thirty, and only Rian has made it out of the estate and moved away to another city, but his money doesn't stop him clinging to a vision of the past that is quickly slipping away. Oli is fading by the day, drinking and snorting his way through the endless boredom, while Conor has a baby on the way and a business plan he hopes will change everything. Patrick and Shiv are as in love as ever, but even they are rocked when an old secret opens up new wounds...

Bold, ambitious and stylistically striking, I See Buildings Fall like Lightning asks what happens when all the things we expect from our lives end up ... not happening. It lays bare the ways that place and circumstance shape us, explores the redeeming and transforming beauty of friendship and examines the true limits of hope and forgiveness.

About the Author

Keiran Goddard grew up in Shard End, Birmingham in a working-class family. He is the author of one poetry pamphlet, two poetry collections and the novel Hourglass. His debut collection was shortlisted for the Melita Hume Prize, he was the runner up in the William Blake Prize and Hourglass was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott prize. He speaks internationally on issues related to social change and currently develops research on workers' rights, the future of work, automation and trade unionism.