The Liar

If you take the novel’s title literally, "The Liar" should be about a liar. But if you remember who wrote it, then everything isn’t so straightforward.

Stephen Fry, a talented actor and writer, as no one else knows how to mix truth and fiction, swapping one for the other.

Adrian Healey is an inveterate liar and a consummate cynic. That’s one side of him. But on the other hand, he is a sophisticated fabricator and a keen observer. Adrian has been lying forever. First at a private elite school, where he tortures pompous teachers—in order to brighten up the bleak school routine. Then in Cambridge—so as to avoid exam drudgery and earn his place in the sun. Adrian lies so brilliantly that it opens up truly brilliant career prospects—except that Adrian prefers to invent rather than earn money. But life decides for him: thanks to his talent for lying, Adrian finds himself at the center of a tangled story with bloody murders, espionage, and endless lies…