{"product_id":"billy-liar-keith-waterhouse-9781939140302","title":"Billy Liar","description":"'Buy, borrow or beg Keith Waterhouse's outstanding new novel. I can't recommend it too highly. Waterhouse has an uncanny gift for recapturing every attitude, agony and phrase of childhood and youth.' - \u003ci\u003eDaily Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'I wished I'd written Keith Waterhouse's first novel; and now, even more, I wish I'd written his second . . . \u003ci\u003eBilly Liar\u003c\/i\u003e is very funny: funny in a wild and sardonic and high-spirited way without malice or cruelty.' - John Braine, author of \u003ci\u003eRoom at the Top\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'A brilliant novel, in language fresh and sweet, with characters vivid and singular in an inventive and dynamic story. It teems, it bursts with originality.' - \u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Extremely funny . . . its lambent humour, quick-changing from robust to the delicate, is always fresh . . . should gladden the hearts of even the most exacting readers.' - \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Billy Fisher feels trapped by his working-class parents, his unfulfilling job as an undertaker's clerk, and his life in a dull, provincial town. His only refuge is in his daydreams, where he is the leader of the country of Ambrosia. Unfortunately, Billy's wild imagination leads him to tell lies constantly: to his parents, his employer, and his three girlfriends. On one tragi-comic Saturday, as Billy plots his escape to a life of adventure and excitement in London, all his lies finally catch up with him, with hilarious and disastrous results. A smash bestseller and one of the great comic novels of the 20th century, \u003ci\u003eBilly Liar\u003c\/i\u003e (1959) inspired an award-winning film, a play, a musical, a television series, and a sequel. This edition marks the novel's first publication in America in more than fifty years and includes a new introduction by Nick Bentley and a reproduction of the original jacket art by William Belcher.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Keith Waterhouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1939140307\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781939140302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Valancourt Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.42d","brand":"Keith Waterhouse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988078067967,"sku":"9781939140302","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ef79130f-c89c-4da9-88ec-d297520ac56d.jpg?v=1683292495","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/billy-liar-keith-waterhouse-9781939140302","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}