Johnny Rigos, the adored son of a Greek-Australian family, escapes the horrors of his country-town Catholic school and hits the road for Melbourne with a plan to save humanity by the love of God.
In 1969 Johnny finds Bertie Warble, a suburban boy bored with his true-blue upbringing, his girlfriend and his panel-beating apprenticeship. Johnny's just about the most amazing thing Bertie's ever seen
The pair form an intense bond and set off on a half-baked mission to Central Australia. Out in the desert, Bertie finds what he's looking for, and it doesn't include Johnny and his crazy ideas. And Johnny is destined to discover alone what awaits him in the House of his Lord.
Told with great love in the bittersweet larrikin voice of Barry Dickins, 'The House of the Lord' is a tragicomic tale of the innocence, adventure, friendship and faith of youth.
