Ray's a Laugh

This book is about my close family. My father Raymond is a chronic alcoholic. He doesn't like going outside and mostly drinks homebrew. My mother Elizabeth hardly drinks but she does smoke a lot. She likes pets and things that are decorative. They married in 1970 and I was born soon after. My younger brother Jason was taken into care when he was 11 but is now back with Ray and Liz again. Recently he became a father. Ray says Jason is unruly. Jason says Ray's a laugh but doesn't want to be like him.

Richard Billingham documents his own dysfunctional family: his alcoholic father, Ray; Elizabeth, his mother, covered in tattoos who devotes her life to her collection of pets; and Jason, his brother, an aimless young man who is drawn to drugs. 112 pages; 75 full-page or full-spread color plates.