Brick Dust
Published on 1. October 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
194 pages
978-1-0687162-3-2 (ISBN)
Description
This sprawling saga of family and class is told by an enigmatic narrator, a hoarder of documents, who is trying to lay out a history of the Nacullian family.
As the jumble of their lives is pieced together we witness them migrate, marry, work up library fines, die, build bridges and Morris dance.
Brick Dust is a comedic tale about the struggle to make something solid, when all we have is dust.
As the jumble of their lives is pieced together we witness them migrate, marry, work up library fines, die, build bridges and Morris dance.
Brick Dust is a comedic tale about the struggle to make something solid, when all we have is dust.
Reviews / Votes
'A raucous tour de force, full of gallows humour, inventiveness and depravity. It takes a sharp mind to capture the bedlam of life, and guide us through it. And a sharper mind still to see the hilarity in it all'Darran Anderson, author of 'Inventory and Imaginary Cities'
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
213 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-0687162-3-2 (9781068716232)
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Person
Craig Jordan-Baker is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at The University of Brighton. He has published fiction in New Writing, Text, Firefly Magazine, Potluck and in the epoque press e-zine. His drama has been widely performed in the UK, including his adaptation of Beowulf and he has had dramatic work commissioned from The National Archives, The Booth Museum of Natural History and the Theatre Royal Brighton.
The Nacullians, Craig's debut novel, was published in 2020 by epoque press and If the River is Hidden, co-authored by Cherry Smyth, was published by epoque press in 2022.
The Nacullians, Craig's debut novel, was published in 2020 by epoque press and If the River is Hidden, co-authored by Cherry Smyth, was published by epoque press in 2022.