Ironopolis

Author(s): Glen James Brown

Location(s): Middlesbrough

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Second half 20th Century/modern

Stranded on the outskirts of Ironopolis nickname to a lost industrial Middlesbrough the Burn Council Estate is about to be torn down to make way for regeneration. For the future …
But these streets know many stories, some hide secrets …
Jean holds the key to the disappearance of a famous artist … Jim’s youth is shattered during the euphoric raves of 89 … A brutal boyhood prank scars three generations of Frank’s family … Corina s gambling addiction costs her far more than money … And Alan, a man devastated by his past, unravels the darkness of his terrifying father, a man whose shadow has loomed large over the estate for a lifetime.
And then there is the ageless Peg Powler, part myth, part reality: why is she stalking them all?
Human nature? Class politics? Whatever it was, it wasn t us … Deep down we were part of a whole, single energy, and all we had to do was be ready to sink down together.

Review this Book