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The Liar
The Liar
Author: Stephen Fry
A chronic liar with few friends meets Professor Trefusis -- academic, broadcaster, polyglot and admirer of Elvis Costello -- and is led through an adventure that takes in Piccadilly rent-boys, a lost pornographic Dickens novel, international espionage and disgraceful scenes on a cricket field.
ISBN-13: 9781569470121
ISBN-10: 156947012X
Publication Date: 6/1994
Pages: 280
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3.7 stars, based on 31 ratings
Publisher: Soho Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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tracey13 avatar reviewed The Liar on + 310 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 6
Lots of twist in the plot. Never know quite what's true until the very end. A page turning read. The chores will pile up while you read as once you've started this book, you can't put it down!
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Helpful Score: 3
Fry's awesome goofiness from his "Bit of Fry and Laurie" days is very evident in the prose, though the plot is a bit haphazard at times.
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Helpful Score: 1
BRILLIANT, HILARIOUS AND SUBLIME
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Helpful Score: 1
Very funny, which isn't surprising given the author's previous works, but also very well-constructed, original, and thoughtful.
GowerMeower avatar reviewed The Liar on + 179 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
A novel by British film and TV star Stephen Fry (comedy partner of Hugh Laurie of "House"). VERY, VERY funny!
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Wacky, salty book. Fry is the guy who played Jeeves in the Bertie and Jeeves television shows (or were they movies?) He also has done a comedy show with Hugh Laurie (Bertie and now of House fame). This is very Britt comedy, amusing.
Alison avatar reviewed The Liar on + 551 more book reviews
Great book - really belongs in literature & fiction, too, but I couldn't figure out how to list in both. I loved it.


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