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The
2003 Award
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The Rainbow Singer by Simon Kerr
Nominated by:
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Publisher of Nominated Edition: Weidenfeld & Nicolson ISBN : 0297607391 |
| the complete A-Z listing of nominated authors. |
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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| July
1985. Ten Protestant and ten Catholic teenagers are sent to the home of
Happy Days, Milwaukee, U.S.A as part of the month-long peace initiative,
Project Ulster. The Project goes wrong from the start because one of the teenagers is not simply the angst-ridden, 14-year-old Heavy Metal fan he appears to be. Wil Carson lives a secret life as a Loyalist terrorist and peace is the last thing on his mind… That is, until he meets Teresa, a bewitching Irish girl who makes him believe that the American Dream, where everyone can live together, might be possible. But when Teresa breaks Wil's heart, old grievances resurface. Egged on by his host family's son, the gun-mad Derry, Wil soon resorts to his old ways. Everything turns into 'Nightmare on Elmstreet' as events spiral out of control and teenage angst turns into headline news and bloody revenge. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Simon Kerr is 30 years old. He has an MA in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University College, where he subsequently tutored for two years. He lives in Ireland. The Rainbow Singer is his first novel. |
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Find out more about the author on the following websites: Read
an excerpt from The Rainbow Singer
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