Dean Lilleyman
Autor de The Gospel According to Johnny Bender
Obras de Dean Lilleyman
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 2
- Miembros
- 6
- Popularidad
- #1,227,255
- Valoración
- 5.0
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 2
From the moment that his father left his mother pregnant, Billy's path was mapped out for him. It was a path he happily followed as long as there were bottles of Bells along the way. Billy travelled through life like a tornado, leaving damage and destruction in his wake, not caring who he hurt or what he did as long as he could drink himself into oblivion.
As dark as this book was, there are some really funny moments in it. The book is so realistic, emotive and raw that Billy's actions caused me to both laugh and cry. There are incidents in the social club and in Burtons that made me cry with laughter but also to question the effect of alcohol to make Billy do these things in the first place.
This is a book that should be given to all alcoholics on their road to recovery - highlighting the damage caused by excessive alcohol consumption to your life and your body. It is an absolutely amazing debut novel that shows the effects of alcoholism in a sobering light.
I received this book from the publisher, Urbane, in exchange for an honest review.… (más)