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Buy a cheap copy of billy liar book by keith waterhouse. Billy liar, however, is in my opinion rather better than catcher in the rye and its certainly more readable. Like the long and the short, hailed as the best antiwar play since journeys end, billy liar was an instant success. It tells the story of billy fisher, a yorkshire teenager unable to stop lying especially to his three girlfriends. Billy liar on the moon dust jacket only no book by waterhouse, keith and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Keith waterhouse shouldnt have written this sequel. First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author to philip murray, with best wishes, keith waterhouse on the title page, and signed by him upsidedown on the rear free endpaper. The funniest book ive 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 seventeenyearold undertakers clerk whose inability to tell the truth led him into constant and often hilarious trouble.

Keith waterhouse books list of books by author keith. The collected plays of keith waterhouse, which includes geoffrey bernard is unwell and his own stage adaptation of billy liar, was published by oberon books in january 2012. Yet beyond billy liar, waterhouse is best remembered in britain for his long career as a journalist and newspaper columnist. Keith waterhouses second novel received immediate acclaim, quickly matched by stage and screen adaptations. The mouse on the moon is the sequel to 1959s the mouse that roared. Billy liar is a regional comedy about a youth who attempts to escape his dull. For william billy fisher, an energetic imagination makes life tolerable, but wellnigh intolerable for all around him. Billy liar on the moon billy liar, book 2 by keith waterhouse. Waterhouses most famous creation came in 1959, the daydreaming billy liar. The semicomical story is about william fisher, a workingclass 19yearold living with his parents in the fictional town of stradhoughton in yorkshire. When british author keith waterhouse wanted to write a sequel to his popular book billy liar, he named it billy liar on the moon. An initial novel written in this series is entitled jackers. Keith waterhouse was another yorkshireman and his billy liar, the novel by which he is probably best remembered, is in some ways typical of the kitchen sink school. His only refuge is in his daydreams, where he is the leader of the country of ambrosia.

Daily mirror i wished id written keith waterhouses first novel. Billy liar on the moon by keith waterhouse abebooks. The latter is, beyond all comparison, his most famous work. Keith waterhouses comic masterpiece billy liar 1959 introduced us to billy fisher. Billy fisher is 19, a young adult or an old child, and he lives the bucolic idyll or not or stradhoughton, a small yorkshire town surrounded by moorland. Billy lies less to cover horror or perversion than to relieve the monotony of living on the moon, where the moon is his arid contemporary civic and. He has written extensively for film, tv and newspapers, and his play jeffrey barnard is unwell was a west end hit in the 1990s. The main character, william fisher is a workingclass 19 year old living at home with his parents in a small town in yorkshire. Billy dreams of escaping the dull drudgery of his life at home with his. Billy liar on the moon by keith waterhouse goodreads. It was made into a film, for which he wrote the screenplay, and which is a classic in its own right. It was released by the war planet publication in the year 2014, after its initial release in 1994. Billy liar ebook by keith waterhouse 1230000156883.

So i bought one from each decade, and decided to read the 50s first, with keith waterhouses billy liar 1959. Buy billy liar on the moon by keith waterhouse, in very good condition. Keith waterhouse was born in hunslet, leeds, west yorkshire, england. He did two years of national service in the royal air force his credits, many with lifelong friend and collaborator willis hall, include satires such as that was the week that was, bbc3 and the frost report during the 1960s. All of our paper waste is recycled within the uk and turned into corrugated cardboard. Keith spencer waterhouse cbe 6 february 1929 4 september 20091 was a bri. I didnt have high expectations, believing it to be similar to lucky jim a book i hated, which is also in the decades series, making a trio of discontented young men with william coopers scenes from provincial life, but i. Keith waterhouse with a new introduction by alice ferrebe book description keith waterhouse s comic masterpiece billy liar 1959 introduced us to billy fisher, a seventeenyearold undertakers clerk whose inability to tell the truth led him into constant and often hilarious trouble with his parents, his employer, and his three girlfriends. Billy liar, by keith waterhouse occasional mumbling. Billy liar on the moon by keith waterhouse book the fast. Billy liar by keith waterhouse has proved to be an influential book and has been adapted into a play, a musical, a film and a tv series.

Bored by his job as a lowly clerk for an undertaker, billy. Keith spencer waterhouse cbe, was a novelist, newspaper columnist, and the writer of many television series. The classic comedy of a 50s youth trapped inside a walter mitty fantasyworld, published as a penguin essential for the first time. Billy liar on the moon billy liar, book 2 by keith waterhouse book cover, description, publication history. The action takes place over the course of a single day. Billy liar is his most famous book, and was an equally famous film, directed by john schlesinger, starring tom courtenay. Pre order the hunger games prequel now download our free nook app. Billy liar is the chronicle of one decisive day in the life of its protagonist billy fisher. Keith waterhouses comic masterpiece billy liar 1959 introduced us to billy fisher, a seventeenyearold undertakers clerk whose inability to tell the truth led him into constant and often hilarious trouble with his parents, his employer, and his three girlfriends. Order placed with supplier, estimated arrival time to warehouse is 45 business days. Nearing middle age, billy lives with his childless wife jeanette and his mother in a drab complex and works as a flack for the drab town of shepford. The work has inspired and featured in a number of popular songs.

Our cheap used books come with free delivery in the uk. Billy liar on the moon by waterhouse, keith and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. He did two years of national service in the royal air force his credits, many with lifelong friend and collaborator willis hall, include satires such as that was the week that was, bbc3 and the frost report during the 1960s, the book for the 1975 musical the card, budgie, worzel. Buy billy liar on the moon by keith waterhouse, in good condition. Billy liar is still available but sadly this isnt true of his other novels, none of which, including bimbo, currently remain in print. He also wrote a sequel, billy liar on the moon, which is ok. One of the popular novel series written by william h. Keith waterhouse with a new introduction by alice ferrebe book description keith waterhouses comic masterpiece billy liar 1959 introduced us to billy fisher, a seventeenyearold undertakers clerk whose inability to tell the truth led him into constant and often hilarious trouble with his parents, his employer, and his three girlfriends. Billy liar on the moon by keith waterhouse and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.

Waterhouse has an uncanny gift for recapturing every attitude, agony and phrase of childhood and youth. Keith waterhouse was born in hunslet, leeds, west riding of yorkshire, england. After a series of crazy episodes billy, whose wife is expecting a child finally decides to grow up. To the incredulity of waterhouses friends, the writer born into a leeds backtoback, who left school at 14 and got a. Billy liar on the moon by keith waterhouse world of books.

Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Keith waterhouse with a new introduction by nick bentley book description billy fisher feels trapped by his workingclass parents, his unfulfilling job as an undertakers clerk, and his life in a dull, provincial town. Keith waterhouses billy liar was published in 1959, and captures brilliantly the claustrophobic atmosphere of a small town. Billy liar, billy liar on the moon keith waterhouse. Billy is a born storyteller, and so was waterhouse, who wrote plays, screenplays, television scripts, and some 60 books including 16 novels. Waterhouse was a bright, imaginative lad from leeds who worked in an undertakers after flunking the 11plus. Billy liar by keith waterhouse 9780241973646 dymocks. It was a smash success, becoming a bestseller and winning widespread acclaim for both the novel and the. Billy liar on the moon valancourt 20th century classics by keith waterhouse, 9781941147542, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. It was a smash success, becoming a bestseller and winning widespread. The first billy liar novel, about fifteen years ago, was made into an amusing tom courtenayjulie christie film and a british television series and waterhouse includes several fairly funny sight gags in this sequel. Buy billy liar on the moon new ed by waterhouse, keith isbn. The two novels concerning billy liar are lighter than waterhouses other fiction, although the persona of billy represents waterhouses only perspective that attempts to alter circumstance.

Billy liar on the moon valancourt 20th century classics. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive collection ever assembled. It is comprised of a total of 7 books, which were released between the years 1993 and 2015. Dr philip murray is an irish bibliophile and author of adventures of a book collector 2011. Reading was my first love, without a doubt, i read as much as i could, certainly during my first ten years, until i discovered other pastimes. Billy liar is a 1959 novel by keith waterhouse, which was later adapted into a play, a film, a musical and a tv series. Billy liar by waterhouse, keith and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. Keith waterhouse s comic masterpiece billy liar 1959 introduced us to billy fisher, a seventeenyearold undertakers clerk whose inability to tell the truth led him into constant and often hilarious trouble with his parents, his employer, and his three girlfriends. He lies his way into and out of every situation, making any promise to get him out of trouble, thereby creating ever more tortuous entanglements to be wriggled out of in the future.