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The Liar

By: Stephen Fry
Narrated by: Stephen Fry
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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.

©1991 Stephen Fry (P)1995 Random House Audio Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Funny
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It’s not often I find a story that I have to listen to. Beautifully constructed story, I really enjoyed the changing time frame. V well read as always by Mr Fry

A wonderfully funny complex story

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Thoroughly enjoyable. I found Prof. Trefusis an endearing character and even the Liar so. Laughed out loud a lot listening to this. Rich in wit and truths and naughtiness. Clever wordplay and beautifully narrated.

Delicious!

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Such a wonderfully clever story, I loved the intimate character descriptions. The narration was perfect!

laugh out loud!

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I lived every moment of this audiobook. I was not sure how it would play out. Fabulous plot reveal at the end. Highly recommended!

Simply brilliant

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Stephen Fry’s performance never fails to entertain me. Another funny production keeping me waiting to understand until the end.

The twists and turns

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It’s very Steven fry clever and amusing but I didn’t enjoy it. I’m not clever enough.

Very Steven fry

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Love Stephen Fry, love his books, love his narration but hated this story. Suspect it’s semi-autobiographical in which case I feel very sorry for him and his mental health struggles and even more impressed by how he’s been able to pull himself through it

Horrible story

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