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Billy Liar / The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner

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Billy Liar: the semi-comical story is about William Fisher, a working-class 19-year-old living with his parents in the fictional town of Stradhoughton in Yorkshire. Bored by his job as a lowly clerk for an undertaker, Billy spends his time indulging in fantasies and dreams of life in the big city as a comedy writer.

The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner: a short story about Smith, a poor Nottingham teenager from a dismal home in a working class area, who has bleak prospects in life and few interests beyond petty crime. The boy turns to long-distance running as a method of both an emotional and a physical escape from his situation.

Language: English

Pages: 264

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Longmans

Release: May 13, 1987

ISBN: 0582348854

ISBN 13: 9780582348851

Billy Liar / The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Billy Liar: the semi-comical story is about William Fisher, a working-class 19-year-old living with his parents in the fictional town of Stradhoughton in Yorkshire. Bored by his job as a lowly clerk for an undertaker, Billy spends his time indulging in fantasies and dreams of life in the big city as a comedy writer.

The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner: a short story about Smith, a poor Nottingham teenager from a dismal home in a working class area, who has bleak prospects in life and few interests beyond petty crime. The boy turns to long-distance running as a method of both an emotional and a physical escape from his situation.

Language: English

Pages: 264

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Longmans

Release: May 13, 1987

ISBN: 0582348854

ISBN 13: 9780582348851

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