Author:Keith Waterhouse
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.
Watch out Branson, Derek Trotter is back!
—— Peckham EchoOnly a 42 carat plonker would put it back on the shelf
—— Derek TrotterToo wordy for my liking. I enjoyed the diagrams though
—— TriggerThe reader gets to know him as a good-natured, sometimes mischievous bloke - a real person and not just the comic with the electronic voice.
—— ChortleFunny, charming and full of unique insights.
—— FRANCESCA MARTINEZ, author of What the **** is Normal?Lee's wicked sense of humour shines through.
—— Andrew Hayden-SmithPRAISE FOR LOST VOICE GUY'S STAND-UP: 'Self-lacerating comedy with something to say.'
—— The GuardianPRAISE FOR LOST VOICE GUY'S STAND-UP: 'A talent for real anger that leaves us amused.'
—— The TimesPRAISE FOR LOST VOICE GUY'S STAND-UP: 'A mix of observation and self-deprecation which confirms he's got talent.'
—— The TelegraphPRAISE FOR LOST VOICE GUY'S STAND-UP: 'A comedian with an edge and a honed sense of his material.'
—— Front Row