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The Liar
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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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.
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- Julia Robertson
- 10-06-2020
Simply brilliant
I lived every moment of this audiobook. I was not sure how it would play out. Fabulous plot reveal at the end. Highly recommended!
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- M. Gilmour
- 03-02-2021
Delicious!
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.
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- elizabeth b.
- 29-12-2020
Very Steven fry
It’s very Steven fry clever and amusing but I didn’t enjoy it. I’m not clever enough.
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- Elizabeth
- 25-08-2020
laugh out loud!
Such a wonderfully clever story, I loved the intimate character descriptions. The narration was perfect!
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-07-2016
English delights and so much cocks
What did you like best about this story?
British comedian Stephen Fry's first novel is a witty love letter to English philology and the author's semi- and pseudo-autobiographical experiences in Britain's elitist and—if the author, who kindly begins his novel with the line “Not one word of the following is true”, is to be believed—highly homoerotic public schools.
Written in a series of jump-forwards and flashbacks the story follows Adrian Healey, a flamboyant gay intellectual growing up in Thatcherian period England, whose excel in wittiness is only bested by his remarkable ability to deceive. This trait eventually captures the interest of his Cambridge tutor Professor Donald Trefusis, through whom Healey becomes intertwined with a sort of daffy albeit singular Cold War spy adventure.
Fry's dapper treatment of the English language is certainly the most enjoyable part of this light-hearted fiction filled with juvenile but clever and high-brow but stinging jokes and fables, and this delight is only heightened when the book is listened to narrated by the author himself (audiobook available on Audible, for example). The constant jumps between three different periods in the protagonist's life can, however, make the story strenuous to follow and, frankly, fail (at times) to keep up the suspense and/or mystery that the author probably intended for these jumps to convey.
Apart from all the churlish (but funny) sexual affections of the protagonist (or the narrator) the novel does also have a deeper theme of questioning what is the meaning of lies, fictions and untruths in the formation of anything that is truly human, and for that I would recommend it not only as light summer reading but serious food for thought for anyone interested in the humanistic sciences.
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- vanda vojtkova
- 14-07-2020
smart, kind and hilarious
This audio book was such a cheery listen. I loved its smart plot, kind humour and, ofc, Mr. Fry's performance. He is a man of so many talents, a real gem of British culture and great mind. I'm a big fan.
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- Mr Gregory
- 22-06-2017
Jolly good
A splendid book - it has its twists and its turns, and although at times you notice with a knowing smile its rather formulaic, traditional narrative structure/devices, it nonetheless charms you with its marvellous language, deliciously humorous anecdotes, and intriguing plot. And the way Stephen reads it, oh my, oh my.
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- Sharon
- 23-05-2012
A Great Disappointment
Firstly, I am a huge fan of Stephen Fry. I sat down to listen to this story with great excitment. Perhaps my expectations were too high. The story was leaden and Mr Fry seemed less than thrilled to be reading it. I confess to falling asleep at times and having to rewind. So I suppose if you are having trouble sleeping this may be a good buy, otherwise stick to other titles with Stephen Fry as narrator/presenter.
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- MrY
- 13-09-2012
Fantastic Listen
Loved this from start to finish, very intimate detail in places, so maybe not for a prude, but very very entertaining. The characters develop well and you really start to get to know them. Being read by the author (Esp when it is Stephen Fry) is always a bonus.
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- Kindle Customer
- 06-08-2014
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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- Liam
- 05-02-2011
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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- Richard
- 03-06-2015
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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- Sarah
- 03-09-2015
Great story
Great story. Takes a bit of following as it jumps around different timelines. Plenty of twists and turns to leave you guessing what's around the corner.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-04-2015
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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- Robert Smith
- 14-10-2018
An engaging and entertaining listen
I've read The Liar a couple of times, but it's the first time I've listened to it. Not surprisingly Stephen Fry is excellent at interpreting his own work and it is a pleasure to hear Donald Trefusis again over thirty years after I used to listen to him on Radio Four on Saturday mornings. The conclusion of the story has always been a bit frustrating but the set up is so entertaining I can forgive it a slight dip. This, along with the early stages of his memoirs, is Fry's best work.
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- Mr Stephen Woods-Shepherd
- 25-11-2017
VERY DISAPPOINTING....i
I bought this book as I admire the intellect of Stephen Fry, the story could have been superb, the reading is excellent as I expected it would. However the detailed and persistent description of sex with young boys made me feel so sick I could not bear to listen further.
Not for the parents of sons.
Mr. S. D. Woods-Shepherd
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- Matthew
- 12-04-2012
Incredible characters imaginative story
I have fallen in ... lib with both Adrian Healey and Donald Trefuses.
Mr mendacious and Doctor duplicitous are two of the most roguishly likeable characters I have had the pleasure of reading about and thus imagining.
I urge anyone to purchase, listen then listen again and perhaps again.
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- Becki
- 18-07-2011
Enjoyable
The character is pretty much Fry himself and that spoilt the book for me. I find myself wanting him to move away from his own experiences and write about something else. That said it is of course brilliantly read and wonderfully worded. Of course maybe the fact that this character is a cheat and a liar is Fry's way of empahsising that here he is passing off this work of fiction when it's nothing more than himself inserted into a story?! Maybe he's being Ironic - I dont know, I liked it but he's done better.
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