A moving and lyrical novel about five friends whose lives are shaped by the brutality of a world that doesn't value them - and the very different choices they make

'A virtuosic and devastating exploration of the relationships that bind us, and the places that always call us back. Tender and fierce in turn, Goddard writes about class and friendship with the deftest of touches' Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water Cure


'Keiran Goddard can make you laugh and weep in the same paragraph. This is such a humane, beautiful novel about being from a place you can neither leave nor stay in' Heather Parry, author of Orpheus Builds a Girl


'Enraging, enthralling and ultimately heart-breaking' Aidan Cottrell-Boyce, author of The End of Nightwork


'The language is swaggering, the character development deeply subtle ... genuinely beautiful' Niamh Campbell, author of We Were Young


'One of the most beautiful novels I've read in a very long time, full of rare elegance, sorrow, wit and warmth, I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning tells the story of what's left when dreaming feels impossible' Ali Millar, author of The Last Days