Billy Liar (Billy Liar #1)

Keith Waterhouse


Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
3.71 · 14 ratings · 176 pages · Published: 1959

Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse
The classic comedy of a 50s youth trapped inside a Walter Mitty fantasy-world, 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 fantastical day-dreams of the fictional country Ambrosia.

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