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Billy, Come Home by Mary Rose Callaghan is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Billy, Come Home about?

A thirty-year old woman travels to London to identify a body that has been fished out of the Thames; it is believed to be that of her brother, Billy. The narrative flashes back to the brutal murder of a teenage girl when Billy is regarded suspiciously by the neighbors, one of whom sends poison pen letters. A compelling, dramatic story of schizophrenia, murder and the rush to judgment; a story of prejudice and consequent tragedy. ""The slim, moving novel depicts the life of Billy Reilly, a schizophrenic man whose gentle nature and fragile psyche are no match for life in modern Dublin. It's bad enough that Billy is neglected by his parents, treated badly at the halfway house where he lives and marginalized or rejected by society in general. But when Billy is wrongly implicated in the brutal murder of a young vagrant woman, his life becomes a nightmare.... Callaghan paints a bleak picture of the effects of prejudice and discrimination on the mentally ill, simultaneously noting the difficulties even healthy people have in coping with daily life. Without becoming mawkish or preachy, Callaghan delivers an effective indictment of society's failure to care for a vulnerable minority.""-Publ

Who reads Billy, Come Home?

Author

Mary Rose Callaghan

Publisher

Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780863223662

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Mystery, Fiction

Rating

3.12 / 5 (16 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14