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.
| ISBN: | 9780241973646 |
| Publication date: | 6th August 2015 |
| Author: | Keith Waterhouse |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 176 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Essentials |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Humorous Fiction TV tie-in humour Family Drama Sociology: family and relationships |