My Fault The Saga of Chatham Jack

Many books have spoken of the "human shadow" but precious few have the courage to speak straight from its heart. With painful honesty, Billy Childish does just that and in the process grows flowers from the shit. Seething with wonder and disgust, this volcanic novel sheds light on the "lie of my family."Born into the emerging middle classes of the 1950s, Childish takes us on a nightmarish voyage through a blighted childhood which culminates in his being sexually abused by a friend of the family. Stumbling onward into adolescence he exposes, his desperate attempts to make sense of a world distorted by alcohol, bullies and yes men.