To Billy Fisher, Stradhoughton is one long subtopian cliche - a bad Yorkshire joke. The dimmer his surroundings, the more fantastic are his compensatory day-dreams."
To Billy Fisher, Stradhoughton is one long subtopian cliche - a bad Yorkshire joke. The dimmer his surroundings, the more fantastic are his compensato...
Contains some of Waterhouse's most famous plays. Included in this collection is Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell, Mr And Mrs Nobody, Good Grief, Our Song and Billy Liar.
Contains some of Waterhouse's most famous plays. Included in this collection is Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell, Mr And Mrs Nobody, Good Grief, Our Song<...
The classic comedy of a 50s youth trapped inside a Walter Mitty fantasy-world, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time. 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.
The classic comedy of a 50s youth trapped inside a Walter Mitty fantasy-world, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time. Keith Waterhouse's...
