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Synopsis
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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Book Description
A fictionalized version of a homeless young man in London.
About the Author
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 Ltd
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0340515163
- ISBN 13 9780340515167
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages224
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