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Keith Waterhouse

Born

in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, The United Kingdom

February 06, 1929

Died

September 04, 2009

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Theater

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Keith Spencer Waterhouse CBE, was a novelist, newspaper columnist, and the writer of many television series.

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Average rating: 3.68 · 3,685 ratings · 372 reviews · 83 distinct works • Similar authors

	Billy Liar 3.71 avg rating — 2,361 ratings — published 1959 — 75 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	There Is a Happy Land 3.87 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 1968 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Billy Liar On The Moon 3.58 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 1975 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Soho, or, Alex in Wonderland 3.30 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2001 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Palace Pier 3.41 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell 4.15 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1991 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mrs. Pooter's Diary 3.80 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1983 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Office life 3.63 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1978 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jubb 3.46 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1986 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Billy Liar - A Comedy by Keith Waterhouse, Willis Hall 3.44 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Billy Liar (2 books)
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“I turn over a new leaf every day. But the blots show through,”
― Keith Waterhouse, Billy Liar

tags: blots, new-leaf

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“Should not the Society of Indexers be know as Indexers, Society of, The?”
― Keith Waterhouse

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“I felt mildly peculiar to be treasuring love letters for their grammar, but there was nothing else I could treasure them for.”
― Keith Waterhouse, Billy Liar

tags: grammar, love-letters

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Billy Liar - Keith Waterhouse

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The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov

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The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea - Yukio Mishima

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Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson - Camille Paglia

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Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert

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Mr Norris Changes Trains - Christopher Isherwood

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Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock - Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock

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Nat Tate: An American Artist: 1928-1960 - William Boyd

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A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess

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The Outsider - Colin Wilson

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