Quotes from book
The Liar

The Liar

The Liar was the first novel of British writer and actor Stephen Fry. The story is told out of chronological order but mostly follows the upper-class Englishman Adrian Healey through his years at public school, at Cambridge University, and afterwards. He excels at lying and entire chapters are later revealed to have been fictions. He ultimately ends up teaching at Cambridge as part of an old boys' club in British intelligence, which alleviates its boredom during the decline of the empire and end of the Cold War by partaking in make-believe espionage missions.


Stephen Fry photo
Stephen Fry photo

Similar authors

Stephen Fry photo
Stephen Fry 93
English comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist 1957
Peter Ustinov photo
Peter Ustinov 59
English actor, writer, and dramatist
Woody Allen photo
Woody Allen 229
American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, p…
Ben Stein photo
Ben Stein 30
actor, writer, commentator, lawyer, teacher, humorist
Henny Youngman photo
Henny Youngman 18
American comedian
George Carlin photo
George Carlin 270
American stand-up comedian
Patch Adams photo
Patch Adams 10
Physician, activist, diplomat, author
Groucho Marx photo
Groucho Marx 117
American comedian
Orson Welles photo
Orson Welles 53
American actor, director, writer and producer
Alan Rickman photo
Alan Rickman 5
English film, television and stage actor