Blues Before Dawn

by Shane Harrison

Ten colorful, passion-filled stories all concern artists, writers, musicians, painters, photographers and capture their moodiness, their `blues' their night-time psyche. His artists are struggling to make it in a world that can be hostile to art. And, as artists will, they all suffer. But Harrison...shows us that their suffering is worth it, for these artists know things only those who create can understand...Powerful and often quite noir. A master storyteller, Harrison truly understands the artistic temperament."" - Irish Echo.

153 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Shane Harrison worked for four years as an electrician and telephone installer before enrolling in the National College of Art and Design. After graduation in the early eighties he worked in advertising and television. His interest in writing led him to contribute articles and reviews to various magazines including Hot Press, Dublin Opinion and local publications such as the Wicklow Times and Bray Arts Journal. By the nineties, Harrison was writing fiction and his first book, a collection of short stories, Blues Before Dawn was published in 1993. A second collection, The Benefits of Tobacco, a novel, The Testimony of Virginia McCabe followed after the turn of the century, and his latest collection, Kings on the Roof, has just been published by Forty Foot Press, July 2020. His xxharrison@wordpress.com blog features his personal reflections on the places he visits, on life, love, art, music and much else besides.