Billy and the Devil - Brossura

Dean Lilleyman

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1910692336 ISBN 13: 9781910692332

Casa editrice: Urbane Publications Limited, 2015

Riassunto

Billy has it all. Or at least he does when there's a bottle in his hand. Then the world is his oyster, and he the rotting black pearl at its heart. Lover, fighter...and drinker...Billy spends each day battling his demons, and throwing away everyone and everything who can give him hope. Billy and the Devil is a shocking and intimate portrayal of isolation, sexual misadventure, and addiction. Told in a series of unflinching episodes, either first-hand or through the eyes of others, this is a journey to a place of no return. But then, what choice does Billy have? By turns sad, poetic, uplifting and brutal, you will be challenged, embraced and ultimately moved by this astonishing debut novel. Raw, real, with moments of pure imaginative, visceral genius, the reader feels every word.

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Recensione:

Billy and the Devil is a completely convincing character study. Said Billy is a laugh, a tart, a drunk, and more. Dean Lilleyman uses various writerly and unmannerly techniques to show us the many ages and faces of his loveable and detestable anti-hero. The book is tender, funny, sad and grotesque but however gruelling Billy's descent becomes, it bleeds its own dark poetry. Here, dirty realism has left Los Angeles for Chesterfield, where it finds itself at a garden barbeque drinking Leibfraumilch and barley wine. Terrific. --Matthew Clegg, author of West North East

This is wild stuff, very dark and very brilliant. --Conor O'Callaghan, author of The Sun King

Brilliantly evoked in all its sordid detail, black humour, demented courage, and alienation --Jane Rogers, author of Mr Wroe's Virgins and Promised Lands

L'autore:

Awarded a writing scholarship in 2009, Dean Lilleyman wrote Billy and the Devil based around his own experiences as an alcoholic. Nominated for both the People's Book Prize and the A.M. Heath Prize, its unflinching portrayal of the effects of alcoholism has courted both controversy and praise, the Man Booker Prize nominee Jane Rogers calling it 'Brilliantly evoked in all its sordid detail, black humour, demented courage, and alienation.' Billy and the Devil was published in 2015 by Urbane Publications. The Gospel According to Johnny Bender is Dean Lilleyman's second novel, due to be published by Urbane in 2016. Set simultaneously in 1979 and 1999, it's the twisted story of a village carnival day, a psychological thriller that sees several truths of love, lust and murder unfold in pseudo real-time. Dean Lilleyman has been featured in both commercial and underground publications, and has performed at a number of literary events. He has lectured in creative writing and been a guest speaker on transgressive literature. He is now working on his third novel. Visit deanlilleyman.com for novel excerpts, short films, flash fictions, links and updates.

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• Editore: Urbane Publications Limited
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1910692336
• ISBN 13: 9781910692332
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 384