This tale is told by 1 that died at birth by 1 that came into the world in days of endles war & at the moment of disaster.
Billy Dean is a secret child, growing up in the dark heart of Blinkbonny. He has a beautiful young mother and a father who arrives at night carrying the scent of incense and cigarettes. His world is just a bed, some pictures of the holy island and a single locked door, but his father fills his dreams with mysterious tales and dreadful warnings.
When his father disappears, Billy's mum brings him out into the world, and he learns the dreadful truth of what happened in Blinkbonny on the day he was born. Gradually he finds he has the gift of helping to rebuild what has been broken. But there is one figure who is beyond healing, who comes looking for Billy himself and is determined on a kind of reckoning.
I am Billy Dean. This is the truth. This is my tale.
David Almond's extraordinary first novel for adults is the story of a child, born of sin, who emerges into a post-industrial, almost apocalyptic world where the force of his innocence is tested to the extreme.
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This tale is told by 1 that died at birth by 1 that came into the world in days of endles war & at the moment of disaster.
He grew in isolayshon wile outside the enjins of destruchon flew & smoke rose over the sitys & wile wilderness & waste crept all across the world.
Billy Dean is a secret child. He grows up at the dark heart of Blinkbonny. He has a beautiful young mother, and a father who arrives at night carrying the scents of candles and incense and cigarettes. Birds fly to his window. Mice run out from his walls. His world is a green carpet, a bed with a red cover, pictures of the holy island, and a single locked door. His father fills his mind and his dreams with mysterious tales and memories and dreadful warnings.
But then his father disappears and Billy's mum brings him out into the world at last. He learns the horrifying story of what was saved and what was destroyed on the day that he was born, the day the bombers came to Blinkbonny.
The butcher,Mr McCaufrey and the medium Missus Malone are waiting for him. From them he learns about the beauty of the body and the mystery of the soul. He becomes The Angel Child, one who can heal the living, contact the dead, bring comfort to a troubled world. He begins to rebuild those things that have been broken.
But there is one figure who is beyond healing, who comes looking for Billy himself and is determined on a kind of reckoning.
I am Billy Dean. This is the truth. This is my tale.
David Almond is the author of Skellig, a modern classic of children's literature. His extraordinary new novel cements his reputation as one of those rare writers who has the ability to touch profoundly both adults and children.
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