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Billy Liar

Paperback • 2015 • 1. edition

Billy Liar

By Keith Waterhouse

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About the book

The classic comedy of a 50s youth trapped inside a Walter Mitty fantasy-world, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time.Keith Waterhouse's Billy Liar was published in 1959, and captures brilliantly the claustrophobic atmosphere of a small town. It tells the story of Billy Fisher, a Yorkshire teenager unable to stop lying - especially to his three girlfriends. Trapped by his boring job and working-class parents, Billy finds that his only happiness lies in grand plans for his future and...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

Book details

ISBN

9780241973646

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Published year

2015

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Billy Liar

Format

Paperback

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