Billy Liar on the Moon (Valancourt 20th Century Classics) - Softcover

Waterhouse, Keith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1941147542 ISBN 13: 9781941147542

Publisher: Valancourt Books, 2015

Synopsis

'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 adaptation.

In this 1975 sequel, Billy is thirty-three but still hasn't grown out of his propensity for lying. Stuck in a loveless marriage in a dismal town, where he has a dead-end job in local government, Billy seeks escape through his affair with Helen, who is also unhappily married. But once again he finds himself in danger of being undone by his lies: vodka martinis charged to his expense account, a wise-cracking alter ego named Oscar, a false police report about a stolen set of nonexistent golf clubs, an imaginary cat named 'Mr Pussy-paws' . . . Now the all-important town festival is approaching, but instead of doing the planning, Billy is busy trying to keep ahead of the suspicions of his wife, the police, and Helen's jealous husband. It all leads up to a disastrous and uproarious conclusion that The Times called 'side-achingly, laugh-aloud funny'. This edition includes a new introduction by Alice Ferrebe.

About this title

About the Author:

Keith Waterhouse (1929 2009) was a British novelist, newspaper columnist, playwright, and screen writer. He wrote thirteen novels, seven works of nonfiction, and seven collections of journalism. He wrote a column for the "Daily Mirror "for twenty-six years and one for the "Daily Mail "for twenty-three years.

About this edition

• Publisher: Valancourt Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1941147542
• ISBN 13: 9781941147542
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 194