Almond, D (2011) The true tale of the monster Billy Dean. Viking, London. ISBN 9780670919062
Abstract
Billy Dean is the child of an illicit relationship between a priest and a young hairdresser. He is born on the very day that terrorists attack his town, and the fact that he survives and flourishes persuades his father that he is a special child with special gifts. Even so, Billy's birth can't be made public, and he spends his chidhood in a single room, dreaming of other worlds, occasionally visited at night by his father. When the visits come to a sudden end, his mother decides it's time for Billy to come out into the world, helped by a couple of friendly townspeople, and soon he finds that his supposed gifts bring him a certain celebrity. But his father hasn't gone for good, and there's a terrible reckoning still to be made. David Almond's first adult novel is a brilliant account of a child long kept hidden from the world who finally finds that he can establish his place in it - only to be confronted with a past that won't go away
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) |
| Divisions: | School of Writing, Publishing and the Humanities |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Feb 2013 15:33 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Oct 2022 17:36 |
| URI / Page ID: | https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/1379 |
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