{"product_id":"billy-liar-paperback","title":"Billy Liar - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKeith Waterhouse\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNick Bentley\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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 \u003c\/p\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.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 166\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 27, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42712393515071,"sku":"9781939140302","price":30.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/15e5dcd21239ad666e6b54debeb03978.webp?v=1765061583","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/billy-liar-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}