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The Liar
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
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Summary
Stephen Fry's breathtakingly outrageous debut novel, by turns eccentric, shocking, brilliantly comic and achingly romantic. 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.
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- Richard
- 03-06-15
Fantastic
Listened to it twice now, excellent book. Can't get enough of Stephen Fry's publications, there's alway a twist at the end
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- Anonymous User
- 13-04-15
It is probably what you'd expect....
...which means if you are a fan of the man you will enjoy this. I am and did but would understand others finding it a little impenetrable; if not odd, blending as it does the Worlds of public schools, Cambridge, cricket, Piccadilly rent boys and espionage!
...and playful Stephen teases with the reader throughout to work out the semi-autobiographical bits....and those bits that are lies!
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- My Idoru
- 06-12-17
Somewhat sticky.....
...but extraordinarily amusing. The expression "taking the urine" springs to mind. Also the toast. Should possibly have an 18 certificate??
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- Astrid
- 28-01-19
Very confusing and very brilliant!
Stephen Frye reads and writes with the audacity and flair you have come to expect from a man of his intellect and achievements. The book is intriguingly confusing and well worth a second read-through.
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- Will
- 30-01-18
Great Book
Complicated to begin with but once you work out who is who and what’s going on it becomes a lovely story that is often funny and always keeps you guessing.
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- dan
- 08-08-22
outstanding
Mr Fry is a genius. another well written, well presented book from the mastermind.
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- Philip Moon
- 02-09-21
Entertaining.
Stephen Fry is the outstanding narrator for any book, but, naturally, is better yet trading his own words. Most entertaining.
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- Evil Edna
- 21-08-19
A bit of a romp.
I find Stephen fry a bit full of himself. But the story is good and often very funny. The ending is esoecially good in these days of politicians coming from Eton and Oxbridge and only being interested in themselves - life is for their amusement and gain.
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- Liam
- 05-02-11
Excellent
As always the soothing tones of Stephen Fry make this audiobook a pleasure to listen to. Fry adds unique voices and the correct level of tone, pitch and intention into the text, working hard to really bring it alive.
I would have given this 5*'s but the book was let down by the bizarre ending! A fault of the story line and not the audio reading!
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- Kindle Customer
- 06-08-14
Funny, witty and very well acted
If you could sum up The Liar in three words, what would they be?
Funny, Witty, interesting
What other book might you compare The Liar to, and why?
I've honestly got nothing to compare this to. It is very stange with a winding plot that still remains interesting. The individulal scenes are excellantly written and acted. Especially near the end.
What does Stephen Fry bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
He is the greatest voice actor in the world. I think that is understood. The book wouldn't be half as good without him and he's the reason i bought the book.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The epilogue.
Any additional comments?
If you like Stephen Fry in both his writing and voice acting then buy this book. If you don't like him then you won't like this. It is Stephen to the core.
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