'The funniest book I've read for years' - "The Times" (London) 'Among the few great writers of our time' - Auberon Waugh, "The Independent" 'Well written and amusing' - "Library Journal" Keith Waterhouse's comic masterpiece "Billy Liar" (1959) introduced us to Billy Fisher, a seventeen-year-old undertaker's clerk whose inability to tell the truth led him into constant (and often hilarious) trouble with his parents, his employer, and his three girlfriends. It was a smash success, becoming a bestseller and winning widespread acclaim for both the novel and the classic film...
'The funniest book I've read for years' - "The Times" (London) 'Among the few great writers of our time' - Auberon Waugh, "The Independent" ...