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Billy is mentally retarded, and after he loses his job on a London building site, and is evicted from his lodgings, he makes friends with Marie, who takes him home to her squat. Whilst escaping from his social worker, Billy gets lost, is penniless and he searches helplessly for home.
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Nigel Watts is the author of four novels, THE LIFE GAME, which won the Betty Trask Award, BILLY BAYSWATER, which was shortlisted for the Mail on Sunday - John Llewellyn Rees Prize, WE ALL LIVE IN A HOUSE CALLED INNOCENCE, and TWENTY-TWENTY. He divides his time between Swanage and Richmond.
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- PublisherHodder & Stoughton General Division
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0340515163
- ISBN 13 9780340515167
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages224
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. INSCRIBED by author in black ink on full title page, reads: "To Rolland - In memory of Grandpa Comstock - Best Wishes (Signature of Nigel Watts) ". "Billy is not thick, he's just a bit slow. After he loses his job on a building site in London, he slips through society's safety nets and wanders the streets, homeless, destitute and lost.Delightful and devastating by turns, BILLY BAYSWATER tells of innocence and disorientation, laughter and hunger, love and great sorrow in a big city which at Christmas-time can be the lonliest place on Earth." - DJ. Ships same or next business day. Head edge of text block is foxed, tail of spine is bumped. Dust jacket spine is faded, protected in plastic archival cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 154 pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 3358
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Book Description Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0340515163. Billy's not thick, he's just a bit slow. After he loses his job on a building site in London, he slips through society's safety nets and wanders the streets, homeless, desitute and lost. Billy loves flowers and trees. sometimes he sees their beuty more clearly than other people. Mesmerised by a park at dawn, he helps the gardeners although they can't give him a job. There he meets Marie and begins a touching, funny, ultimately heartbreaking friendship. Seller Inventory # 013037
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