# Billy Liar

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- Book: [Billy Liar](https://www.bookquiver.com/keith-waterhouse/billy-liar) ([Billy Liar.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/keith-waterhouse/billy-liar.md))
- Authors: [Keith Waterhouse](https://www.bookquiver.com/keith-waterhouse)
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-02-4197-364-6
- Pages: 176
- Published: 2015-08-06
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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.