Synopsis
Plucked from obscurity in Glasgow, Rab Dillon is about to become the next great protest singer. Seduced by promises of stardom, carrying only the guitar given to him by the girl who broke his heart, he travels down to London. There he records the debut album that will speak to the dispossessed, the disenfranchised and disheartened.
One year later, he is sleeping rough on the streets of Brighton.
A modern-day ballad set across three cities and two years, The Busker is a richly comic exposé of the music industry, the Occupy movement, homelessness, squatting - and failing to live up to the name you (almost) share with your hero. It is also the story of what survives when the flimsy dreams of fame fall apart.
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About the Author
Liam Murray Bell was born in Orkney, and has lived in both Belfast and Glasgow. He completed his MLitt in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow. He has a PhD from the University of Surrey, where he also taught Creative Writing. He has published in several critical and creative journals and anthologies. His first novel, So It Is, was published in 2012. He lives in Sussex with his wife, Orla and is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Stirling.
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