We Go Around in the Night and Are Consumed by Fire
This stunning literary debut, voiced by a lesbian gangster Donna and her streetwise daughter Aurora, is steeped in the gang and gun culture of Manchester's criminal underworld. It is both an unforgettable love story and an unputdownable revenge thriller.
Donna and Carla run the all-female Bronte Close Gang, carving out their own empire in the toughest streets of Manchester. But when Carla is gunned down for seducing the wife of a local gangster, it is left to Donna to keep the gang together, take care of Carla's ten-year-old daughter, Aurora, and seek retribution for her murder.
A tale of friendship, survival and finding out how far you'd go to avenge and protect those you love, We Go Around in the Night and Are Consumed by Fire is a thrillingly original crime novel that unfolds at breakneck speed - at once furious, tender and heartbreaking.
2017 | ISBN 9781925581188 | Paperback | 288 pp
Awards
Shortlisted for the 2017 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award
Shortlisted for the 2017 Polari First Book Prize
Reviews
If urban fiction is meant to be gritty… gritty is what you will get. We Go Around in the Night and are Consumed by Fire deals with grit such as torture, murder and violence, as well as the heartbreaking effects of poverty on children and families. Despite her gang associations and life of organised crime, Donna, a lesbian in her late twenties is smart, likeable, real and extremely loyal. When the story changes to being narrated by ten-year-old Aurora, the incredible authenticity of the little girl’s voice both delights and heartbreakingly dismays.
—Angela Wauchop, Other Terrain
Daring, compelling and startlingly original ... marks the arrival of a major new talent.
—Paul Burston
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
A heartbreaking and tender read about the relationships that tie us together.
—Yorkshire Post
Original, moving and written in a blistering prose style that is thrilling to read, this book is the real raw deal.
—Julia Bell