My Fault - Softcover

Childish, Billy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1899598189 ISBN 13: 9781899598182

Publisher: Codex Books, 2002

Synopsis

"After a childhood of abuse at the hands of family and teachers, I couldn't be 'shut up' any more...My anger was such that if My Fault hadn't been written then, quite seriously, I would have killed."
After being expelled from St Martins School of Art in 1981, for publishing what was described as "the worst type of toilet wall humour," Billy Childish moved back to his home town of Chatham and started writing a novel to explode the "lie of my family."
This timely publication of Childish's first novel re-establishes him as the enfant terrible of the dispossessed, the 'amateur' who has influenced a generation of confessional writers, musicians and artists.

About this title

About the Author

Billy Childish, an underground legend, is an author, poet (30 books) and musician (80+ independent albums). He has been named as an influence by Kurt Cobain (Nirvana), Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam), Graham Coxon (Blur) and Kylie Minogue. He was also a founder of the recent Stuckist art movement, and has exhibited his paintings worldwide.

Review

'A self-made intellectual of a particularly english stripe, Mr Childish has sworn loyalty to populist art at its rawest' -- New York Times

A seething, dyslexic, better looking, British Bukowski. -- The Observer

Terse, gutsy and powerfully humane. -- Time Out

About this edition

• Publisher: Codex Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1899598189
• ISBN 13: 9781899598182
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 311