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Unrequited love is...the Coming-of-Rage
Milwaukee, 1985, and a teenage Loyalist terrorist on a cultural exchange program, falls for a Catholic girl. But when heartbreak shatters his illusions about peace, love and understanding, what will keep his hands off his American host's guns?
'Headbanger is a crackerjack debut and Kerr is a mighty fine writer. Buy it.’ PATRICK McCABE
‘Kerr has a distinct talent for bombastic fun’ THE IRISH TIMES
‘Kerr fuses the failure of the Irish peace process with the slackness of American gun laws to dramatic effect’ THE MIRROR
LONG-LISTED FOR THE IMPAC DUBLIN AWARD
Man fights World, World is distinctly not amused
Satirist Guy Narcissus is drowning in toxic masculinity, unrequited love, and climate doom. But when his eco-warrior ex reveals she’s dying of turbo-cancer, can he finally, forcibly evolve—we're talking true Primate Change here, or will he go completely extinct?
'Kerr's writerly gifts are impressive' JOYCE CAROL OATES
'Kerr is a mighty fine writer' PATRICK McCABE
If you're gonna say somethin, say nuthin.
Belfast, 1972. When widow Mary McCandless helps a dying British soldier, she is targeted by the IRA. Volunteer Donal Keenan is ordered to abduct and interrogate her. If he does this job right, he will be invited to join a secret unit, 'The Unknowns', but nothing in war ever goes as planned.
'The Unknown is powerful, dramatic and intensely engaging. Kerr's writerly gifts are impressive, and I hope this unusual, sure-to-be controversial novel about shimmering layers of unreality will meet with deserved acclaim!' JOYCE CAROL OATES
'Kerr is a mighty fine writer' PATRICK McCABE
BASED ON THE REAL-LIFE DISAPPEARANCE OF JEAN McCONVILLE. FANS OF EOIN McNAMEE WILL LOVE THIS!
Give us freedom, or give us death!
When veteran Wyn Rinkar kills tax collectors who assaulted his daughter, he incites a rebellion against the corrupt Masters, but can he lead his ragtag army to the king to plead for justice before the crackdown begins?
'A tragic tale of injustice and spirited popular uprising against tyranny. It’s the kind of story that should find a ready market and hopefully a film option.’ SIMON SCARROW
‘First-class Medieval Fantasy, this gallops along like a charging knight.' ROBERT LOW
BASED LOOSELY ON WAT TYLER'S REBELLION OF 1381.