“With A Prayer for Dawn, Nathan Singer announces himself as the hip new grandmaster of America’s literate underbelly.”
—Mike Magnuson, author of Lummox

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A Prayer for Dawn summary

The lives of a dozen people in Cincinnati, Ohio are inextricably linked in this unrelenting first novel by Nathan Singer.

A publicist who writes checks to charities to relieve a guilty conscience, a convict who rants in an underground ‘zine, an artist with a controversial portfolio, a runaway engaging in ‘petty terrorism’, and an eight year old girl named Dawn at the center of it all watch as the world falls down around them.

This dark, experimental satire assaults the apathy of the masses. It is a call to arms to the disenfranchised and disillusioned.

Praise for A Prayer for Dawn

“Outrage with mainstream American culture fuels this crackling, darkly comic debut…With a keenly developed sense of disillusionment and a real talent for capturing the vernacular, Singer leads readers on a raging, rollicking ride through the underbelly of American society, expressing not only genuine frustration with the immorality of the dominant culture, but also lamenting the absence of easy answers. As Dawn says, ‘It's really hard to know what's right. What if nothing is?’”—Publishers Weekly

"A Prayer for Dawn is an inspirational debut."—New York Post

“A Prayer for Dawn, thankfully, is what it is: a thrash novel that's in-your-face, edgy and fast.”—CityBeat

“With A Prayer for Dawn, Nathan Singer announces herself as the hip new grandmaster of America’s literate underbelly.”—Mike Magnuson, author of Lummox

Nathan Singer is a novelist, playwright, composer, and experimental performance artist. He is the author of the critically acclaimed novels, A Prayer for Dawn and Chasing the Wolf. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio where he is currently at work on new projects.