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. Stu
mbling 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 f
irst novel, or 'creative confession', is at turns hilarious and harrowing. Laced
with lindes of unforgettable peotry it is that rare and wonderful thing - a boo
k which had to be written.
