'Dante's Inferno for the MTV generation.'

20 Feb 2004
Bill Carter's memoir 'Fools Rush In' is now published in Europe - andwinning rave reviews.

Regular U2.Commers will know Bill's name from our earlier extracts from histhen work-in-progress. Bill has now been travelling in Europe to promotethe book which Bono dubs 'Dante's Inferno for the MTV generation.'

And his documentary film, Miss Sarajevo, on which Bono was ExecutiveProducer, is now released on DVD
www.billcarter.cc

Long time fans may recall Bill's name from the early nineties when, livingin Sarajevo at the height of the Bosnian war, he linked up with U2 to makenightly live satellite broadcasts from Sarajevo into the Zoo TV shows. Formany concert-goers, it offered a startling insight into a war going on justhundreds of miles from their own homes.

But this tale ­ and the U2 connection - is only part of Bill's grandernarrative, which Jim Harrison, author of Legends of the Fall, praises as 'amemoir of grand dimension ... its consciousness will become part of yourlife.'

It was following a personal tragedy that Carter set off for Bosnia,eventually hooking up with a maverick aid organisation 'The Serious RoadTrip'. Dodging snipers and shells to deliver food and supplies to those theUN and the NGOs couldn't reach, he made friends with the artistic communityof Sarajevo, joining them in fighting for survival in a place where food andwater are scarce, where death is an everyday experience.

While Fools Rush In narrates Bill's attempt to 'rebuild the ruins of hisformer self in the most unlikely of places', it also details how he dreamtup a highly unlikely way of enlisting U2 in broadcasting the plight of theSarajevans to the rest of the world.

Recommended ­ and inspiring ­ reading!

Order the book online here

More on Bill Carter here
www.billcarter.cc

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