Title: The Lantern Bearers
First published: September 2, 1999
Description: Sent away from home for the first time, Neil Pritchard spends the summer of 1962 with his Aunt Nessie on the Solway Firth. Neil soon becomes involved with Euan Bone, a young Scottish composer. Suddenly, however, Neil is expelled from his Eden - with devastating consequences for all.
Subjects: Composers, Biographers, Teenage boys, Autobiographical memory, Revenge, Fiction, Singers, Fiction, general, Scotland, fiction, LGBTQ novels, Stonewall Book Awards
Places: Solway Firth Region (England and Scotland), Scotland