Ebook {Epub PDF} Ironopolis by Glen James Brown

 · Glen James Brown was born in County Durham in and studied English at Leeds Beckett University. In he won an AHRC scholarship to study for an M.A. in Creative Writing at the University of Chichester, where he graduated with distinction, and the Kate Betts Memorial Award. Ironopolis is his first novel. He lives in www.doorway.run description: None. Glen James Brown was born in County Durham in and studied English at Leeds Beckett University. In he won an AHRC scholarship to study for an M.A. in Creative Writing at the University of Chichester, where he graduated with distinction, and the Kate Betts Memorial Award. Ironopolis is his first novel. He lives in www.doorway.rus:  · Ironopolis by Glen James Brown I've discussed before how much I enjoy it when novels take the form of interlinked short stories, but the structure of Glen James Brown's debut novel “Ironopolis” is wholly unique in how it not only tells the interweaving stories of several individuals centred around a council estate but does so using different formats from letters to interviews to .

Glen James Brown was born in County Durham, in the north east of England. He studied Literature at Leeds Beckett University, and an A.H.R.C.-funded M.A. in Creative Writing at the University of Chichester, where he won the Kate Betts' Memorial Award. His first novel IRONOPOLIS -- a multi-narrative, magic-realist exploration of the last Glen James Brown is the author of Ironopolis ( avg rating, ratings, reviews, published ). It would be hard to summarise Ironopolis in terms of plot: the many narratives are so intimate, so interwoven with the Burn housing estate, the link between the people and the place is so tightly tied. Be prepared to sink deeply into this novel. Glen James Brown has worked hard to produce beautifully drawn characters with unique voices.

Ironopolis by Glen James Brown I've discussed before how much I enjoy it when novels take the form of interlinked short stories, but the structure of Glen James Brown's debut novel “Ironopolis” is wholly unique in how it not only tells the interweaving stories of several individuals centred around a council estate but does so using different formats from letters to interviews to personal accounts. Ironopolis, by Glen James Brown, is a novel structured as a collection of interrelated stories detailing pivotal events in the lives of residents of a Middlesbrough housing estate across three generations. The setting is key. While the Ironopolis of the title is based on Middlesbrough, it is clear Quarry Hill was an influence. This story is set in a sink estate like Quarry Hill. At the start of the book, a regeneration project is going on, with everything being torn down, the inhabitants being relocated and new houses to be built.