The main character in my new novel lives for the Beatles

[Bert]

Hi everyone,

I am Bert Murray and my first novel has just been published on the Amazon Kindle. The paperback will be out in January. Colin Preston Rocked And Rolled is a coming of age story about first love, friendship and betrayal that takes place at Elerby University in upstate New York. Colin is nineteen years old and lives for the Beatles, John Lennon and classic rock. He falls in love with his dream girl, Jasmine, an attractive student from Laguna Beach, California. Jasmine is a vegetarian who likes yoga, meditation, liberal politics and Jim Morrison. Colin comments on Beatles songs throughout the story and seems to rely on his idol, John Lennon, for guidance. I hope you can look it up at the Amazon Kindle store.

Thanks,

Bert

"Colin Preston Rocked And Rolled is a novel that does a wonderful job of capturing the voices and lives of a certain time and place. The use of music– both music contemporary to the characters and Colin's beloved Beatles (already, of course, at the time of the novel, classic)– works especially well. Instead of using words, Colin, when in the grip of a strong emotion, puts on an appropriate song. Overall, the compactness of the story and the ease with which one identifies with Colin and his situation create an inevitability about the events that has an almost tragic quality as well as a strong structure. I felt I experienced it all with Colin, and it was a pleasure to read."

– Meredith Sue Willis, author of Ten Strategies to Start Your Novel and Out of the Mountains

"Bert Murray has produced a novel that is simultaneously absorbing, moving and funny - a character-driven page-turner that captures lightning in a bottle, and preserves a moment in time for eternity. I found the Beatles (and especially John Lennon) material compelling on several levels - as a fan, yes, but more so as a symbol of a generation gap, a figure for a grasping adolescent (or adult) to use when trying to figure things out, and as a touchstone - something every character and situation can be informed by."

-- John Altman, author of The Watchmen and A Gathering Of Spies

Colin Preston Rocked And Rolled

[Daria]

Adding that to my to-read list!

[Bert]

Єmiℓy wrote: "Adding that to my to-read list!"

Hi Emily, Fantastic. I hope you enjoy it! The paperback is now available on Amazon - Bert Murray

[Bert]

(For a limited time Colin Preston Rocked And Rolled is only 99 cents on Amazon Kindle.)
Colin Preston Rocked and Rolled
http://www.amazon.com/Colin-Preston-R...

"...it made me want to break out all my Beatles cds and listen to them over and over. Once I did, I gained a new appreciation for the music, all thanks to Colin Preston Rocked and Rolled." - Brenna, Goodreads Review (April 20, 2011)