Born into the emerging middle classes of the 1950s, Billy Childish takes us on a nightmarish voyage through a childhood blighted by mental and sexual abuse. Stumbling onward into adolescence he lays bare a young man's desperate attempts to make sense of a world distorted by alcohol, bullies and yes men, This striking first novel, or 'creative confession', is at turns hilarious and harrowing. Laced with lindes of unforgettable peotry it is that rare and wonderful thing - a book which had to be written.
- ISBN10 1899598189
- ISBN13 9781899598182
- Publish Date 20 June 2001 (first published 2 August 1996)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 October 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Codex
- Edition 2nd ed.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 320
- Language English