"Once upon a time there was a village called Edendale, and some people were good and some people were bad and some people were in-between. Do we know who is what yet? I don't think we do..." During the celebrated carnival of 1979, the villagers danced beneath a mirror-ball, as a young girl drifted dead in the river. Who knew the truth of things? And would the truth matter? Now it's 1999 and Edendale is holding another carnival. An anniversary to commemorate the life-changing events of twenty years before, by pretending it's 1979...again. One day, two decades apart, the mirror-ball turning in the dark to light a truth. Come...Johnny Bender has things to show you. The Gospel According to Johnny Bender is the thrilling new novel from Dean Lilleyman, author of the breathtaking Billy and the Devil.
Author Biography
In 2002, Dean Lilleyman, drunk, left a warehouse job and went home. He stayed at home for six months and got sober. Then he went to college to get some qualifications (at the age of 35) where he read Raymond Carver and started writing short stories. By 2013, he'd won several awards for his writing, been awarded an MA scholarship, written a novel, and lectured in creative writing at a university. Billy and the Devil is his debut novel. He is currently working on his second, whilst rebuilding a house, talking to cats, and tending to his chickens.
