false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173119246m/248322.jpg 248322 20 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. Unprepared or not, Adrian is led through an adventure that takes in toast, Piccadilly rent-boys, Charles Dickens’s lost pornographic novel, an international espionage conspiracy, disgraceful scenes on the cricket field and a machine that compels its victims to tell the truth. 1055077 1991 The Liar total:980|5:216|4:373|3:304|2:67|1:20| 980 3638 1445 111 4 7 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Sat Mar 01 04:48:45 -0800 2008 Thu Sep 04 07:29:34 -0700 2008 The Liar, the first of the four novels he has published so far. An irreverent and intelligent t...more...]]> 1 2 false false Mon Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 20:48:20 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 21:06:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Sep 01 03:47:12 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 04:04:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 18 23:41:30 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 05 01:37:41 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 12:26:22 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 21:50:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 01:29:43 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 08:36:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Thu Aug 23 16:25:29 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 17:21:19 -0700 2007 4 3 false false Thu Feb 26 19:14:54 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 25 19:55:27 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 26 19:14:54 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Jan 10 18:19:23 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 18:22:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 true false Sun Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Oct 16 04:25:21 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 05:14:26 -0800 2009 1
This book, I feel, is a definate 4 star piece. I was disappointed by the interludes of flashbacks between chapters. ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 13:55:56 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 11:41:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 08:58:45 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 12:11:43 -0700 2009 The Liar is so convoluted (not in what happe...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Oct 07 10:56:24 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 23 22:05:33 -0800 2008
The Liar follows the life and times of Adrian Healey from his time at boarding school through his early adulthood. The b...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 12:10:46 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 25 01:52:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 22 00:40:44 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 00:58:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 16 07:46:41 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 16 07:46:41 -0800 2008
Started The Liar on the bus back home and MY GOD, how much am I loving Stephen Fry at the moment? Oh, quite a lot. And then a little more. I must have made such a strange sight curled up with glee and biting my knuckles.

Ahh, the lo...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 05:04:36 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 05:28:22 -0700 2008
I wasn't disappointed. This book is interesting and surprising, with multiple threads of a stor...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 01:57:10 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 13:01:47 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 07:49:50 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 01:11:27 -0700 2009 Although a little difficult to follow at times, and a plot that seems non-existent at certain points, Fry...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Feb 04 07:27:18 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 07:29:30 -0800 2009 also wrote novels -- heaven! This was the first I read, and although now it's not my favorite (which is like saying it's not my favorite flavor -- flavour -- of ice cream), it's nonetheless hilarious and goofy and great.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=248322