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We Go Around in the Night and are Consumed by Fire

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Voiced by Donna and her streetwise god-daughter Aurora, this thrillingly original crime novel unfolds at breakneck speed – at once furious, tender and heartbreaking.
  • 17 April 2018
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Voiced by Donna and her streetwise god-daughter Aurora, this thrillingly original crime novel unfolds at breakneck speed—at once furious, tender and heartbreaking. Lesbian gangster and street poet Donna runs the all-female Bronte Close Gang. Carla, single parent and part-time MC, is her closest friend and trusted second-in-command. Together they carve out an empire in the toughest streets of Manchester. Unlike the city’s other gangs, run by men caught up in violent turf warfare, the women keep their heads down, doing business their way: partying on Canal Street, selling drugs in perfume atomisers in club toilets, and working as cleaners to account for their illegal income. But when Carla is gunned down everything changes. A gripping crime novel by Jules Grant.
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Price: $16.95
Pages: 288
Publisher: New Internationalist
Imprint: Myriad Editions
Publication Date: 17 April 2018
Trim Size: 7.80 X 5.00 in
ISBN: 9781908434869
Format: Paperback
BISACs: FICTION / LGBTQ+ / Lesbian, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Crime, FICTION / General
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‘This fresh and original novel is underpinned by a politics of class, poverty, gender—including cuts to women's refuges—but Grant never let's it get in the way of a cracking, tragic-comic, heartrending narrative.’ – Pink Times

‘Moments almost breathlessly tender mix with hard resolve, making for a strong, satisfying read.’ – Booklist Online

‘Brutal, tender and funny. Jules Grant grabs you by the scruff of the neck and drags you through the mean streets of Manchester’s underworld in this edgy no-holds-barred crime thriller.’ – Paul McVeigh

‘Honest, heart-breaking and violently raw Donna’s story is not one that will be easily forgotten, and nor should it be.’ – Pam McIlroy

‘Daring, compelling and startlingly original, We Go Around in the Night and Are Consumed by Fire marks the arrival of a major new talent.’ – Paul Burston

‘...packs an emotive punch, and it’s the emotional exploration of the female psyche which shines through the novel...it’s wonderful to venture into a world of female LGBT characters who drive the action. Indeed, the fact they’re lesbians is refreshingly incidental. It’s a great thrill-ride with authentic and exceptionally written characters.’ – Northern Soul

We Go Around in the Night and Are Consumed by Fire is everything you could want a novel to be — beautifully written, funny, agonising, unflinching. It reads like a classic.’ – Toby Litt

We Go Around in the Night and Are Consumed by Fire is a beautiful, bruised street-fighter of a book, and Jules Grant is a fantastic new voice in British fiction.’ – Anna Hope

‘Original, moving and written in a blistering prose style that is thrilling to read, this book is the real, raw deal.’ – Julia Bell

‘Fast-paced and addictive, this is a crime novel, a literary thriller, with a difference: a revenge novel that has you rooting for the women till the very end.’ – Turnaround blog

‘A heart-breaking and tender read about the relationships that tie us together.’ – Yorkshire Post