Billy Liar
First edition | |
| Author | Keith Waterhouse |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Michael Joseph |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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| ISBN | 978-0-14-001783-0 |
| OCLC | 16230170 |
| Followed by | Billy Liar on the Moon |
Billy Liar is a 1959 novel by Keith Waterhouse that was later adapted into a play, a film, a musical and a TV series. The work has inspired and been featured in a number of popular songs.
The semi-comical story is about William Fisher, a working-class 19-year-old living with his parents in the fictional town of Stradhoughton in Yorkshire. Bored by his job as a lowly clerk for an undertaker, Billy spends his time indulging in fantasies and dreams of life in the big city as a comedy writer.