I'm writing a novel for each of the seven years of World War Two. To me, it’s an inexhaustible subject for many reasons, some of which are the moral issues it confronts, its parallels to today’s wars, and the ever-present possibility of dictator-driven genocide. The novels are not connected; their commonality being ordinary people whose lives and destinies are distorted by war. Each takes place in a fictional town, itself a character, and each has an underlying theme: one art, one sport, one music, one food, one science. (The theme of the last, is, appropriately, writing itself.) They’re fast-paced, evocative and historically grounded in the very real events that characterized each year of the global conflict.

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

First three novels about to be published

Kelsmeath, 1940 is about the Battle of Britain as experienced by a young RAF pilot and his nurse girlfriend, who try to lead a normal life at a time when invasion is expected any day.
Available now on Amazon, B&N, Apple iTunes/iBookstore

Tullykillane, 1941 is about Ireland’s struggle with neutrality through the eyes of a Boston sailor whose ship was sunk off its coast.
Available now on Amazon, B&N, Apple iTunes/iBookstore

Mossingdene, 1944 is about the US airmen stationed in England, a Scot who is forced to spy on them, and a trio of women singers.
Available now on Amazon, B&N, Apple iTunes/iBookstore

Valdinato, 1943 takes place in Italy.
In progress. Available early 2012.
Posted by David Westwood at 12:30 PM

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