Billy Liar

Name: Billy Liar
SKU: 3946368
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Keith Waterhouse

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Series:

Penguin Decades

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The classic comedy of 50s youth trapped inside a Walter Mitty fantasy-world Penguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered a landmark work of storytelling. 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 fantastical day-dreams of the fictional country Ambrosia.

Author Biography:

Keith Waterhouse was born in Leeds in 1929. He has written extensively for film, tv and newspapers, and his play Jeffrey Barnard is Unwell was a West End hit in the 1990s. Billy Liar is his most famous book, and was an equally famous film, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Tom Courtenay. He died in 2009.

Release date Australia

April 1st, 2010

Author

Keith Waterhouse

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Pages

176

Series

Penguin Decades

Dimensions

129x198x11

ISBN-13

9780141041735

Product ID

3946368

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