Five friends. Five lives. Countless hopes. LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2025Patrick, Shiv, Rian, Oli and Conor grew up together. They played together, skipped school together, and dreamt of everything theyd do with their lives.Now they are thirty, and only Rian has made it out of the estate and moved away to another city, but his money doesnt stop him clinging to a vision of the past that is quickly slipping away. Oli is fading by the day, drinking and snorting his way through the endless boredom, while Conor has a baby on the way and a business plan he hopes will change everything. Patrick and Shiv are as in love as ever, but even they are rocked when an old secret opens up new wounds...Bold, ambitious and stylistically striking, I See Buildings Fall like Lightning asks what happens when all the things we expect from our lives end up ... not happening. It lays bare the ways that place and circumstance shape us, explores the redeeming and transforming beauty of friendship and examines the true limits of hope and forgiveness.

Binding: Hardcover;256 pages; Publisher: Hachette UK Distribution; Classification: FA; Weight: 506 g; Dimensions: 222 x 145 x 26

Something not quite right? You have 21 days from the day you receive it, to send something back.

Please note, we cannot offer refunds on fashion face masks, cosmetics, pierced jewellery, adult toys, and swimwear or lingerie if the hygiene seal is not in place or has been broken.

Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.

Click here to view our full Returns Policy.