Kae Tempest
Autor(a) de The Bricks that Built the Houses
About the Author
Obras por Kae Tempest
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Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Tempest, Kae
- Nome legal
- Tempest, Kae
- Outros nomes
- Tempest, Kate (previous name, for some books)
- Data de nascimento
- 1985-12-22
- Sexo
- non-binary
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- País (no mapa)
- England, UK
- Local de nascimento
- Westminster, London, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- London, England, UK
- Educação
- BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology, Croydon, England, UK
Goldsmiths, University of London - Ocupações
- poet
author
playwright
singer - Organizações
- Sound of Rum (Band)
- Prémios e menções honrosas
- Ted Hughes Award (2012)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 21
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 1,006
- Popularidade
- #25,631
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 27
- ISBN
- 73
- Línguas
- 7
- Marcado como favorito
- 2
Derived in part from songs on her album Everybody Down, The Bricks That Built The Houses is a rattling yarn centred on Harry, a petite gay drug-dealer, and Becky, an aspiring dancer. Harry encounters Becky at a rave and surprises herself by opening up to Becky on her secret life. Becky in turn shares a secret of hers. The two part with Harry wondering what just happened.
Tempest spins a plot that depends on a complicated set of relationships, and I'm reluctant to go into it too much. Similar to a song on an album, Tempest shifts the focus to a character, gives the backstory and then gradually starts to reveal unexpected connections. In doing so, Tempest pulls off a few terrific plot twists.
This book works as a taut crime novel, but Tempest's writing lifts it out of the ordinary genre novel. There is tenderness and empathy for her characters, and at times there is a rhythm and syncopation to the writing that remind one of her music and poetry. I'd happily give this book five stars, except that I did feel a bit let down by the ending.
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