About this ebook
The brilliant and outrageous debut novel from British actor, comedian, author, presenter, journalist and national treasure, Stephen Fry.
Adrian Healey is magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life; unprepared too for the afternoon in Salzburg when he will witness the savage murder of a Hungarian violinist; unprepared to learn about the Mendax device; unprepared for more murders and wholly unprepared for the truth.
Praise for The Liar:
'A quite brilliant first novel' Sunday Times
'Sublime' Cosmopolitan
'The Liar is hilarious - page after page of the most outrageous and often filthy jokes, delicious conceits, instant, brilliant ripostes that would only occur to ordinary mortals after days of teeth-grinding lunacy' Literary Review
Adrian Healey is magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life; unprepared too for the afternoon in Salzburg when he will witness the savage murder of a Hungarian violinist; unprepared to learn about the Mendax device; unprepared for more murders and wholly unprepared for the truth.
Praise for The Liar:
'A quite brilliant first novel' Sunday Times
'Sublime' Cosmopolitan
'The Liar is hilarious - page after page of the most outrageous and often filthy jokes, delicious conceits, instant, brilliant ripostes that would only occur to ordinary mortals after days of teeth-grinding lunacy' Literary Review
Ratings and reviews
4.2
12 reviews
Tim Wells
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March 12, 2013
The description of the book is not very accurate and I never found it laugh out loud but it was enjoyable, but a little bit know it all at times
Alison Whitfield
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July 23, 2018
As witty, complicated and intelligent as the writer himself. Thoroughly
enjoyed it and, by the way, his little interjections settled between, what
i believe to be, attractive comma'd voice poises!
James Clarke
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June 4, 2016
Absolutely astounding debut novel from one of the world's best loved comedians. One to put on the mandatory reading list!
About the author
Stephen Fry was born in Hampstead in 1957 and, following a troubled adolescence, went on to study English Literature at Queen's College, Cambridge. As well as being the bestselling author of four novels, The Stars' Tennis Balls, Making History, The Hippopotamus, and The Liar, and two volumes of his autobiography, Fry played Peter in Peter's Friends, Wilde in the film Wilde, Jeeves in the television series Jeeves & Wooster and (a closely guarded show-business secret, this) Laurie in the television series Fry & Laurie. More recently, he presented Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive, his groundbreaking documentary on bipolar disorder, to huge critical acclaim. And his legions of fans tune in to watch him host the popular quiz show QI each week.
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