Ironopolis

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, and 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?

Glen James Brown was born in County Durham in 1982 and studied English at Leeds Beckett University. In 2013 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 Manchester.