by Stephen Fry · Arrow · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780749305406
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«The Liar» is Stephen Fry's comic novel, published by Arrow in paperback (366 pages, in English).
Adrian Healey is a chronic liar who meets Professor Trefusis and is drawn into an international espionage plot: the murder of a Hungarian violinist in Salzburg, a secret device called Mendax, a lost erotic novel by Dickens and scandalous scenes at a cricket ground.
Stephen Fry's first novel, originally published in 1991; this edition is a reprint dated 1992.
Aimed at the general public fond of British comedy and contemporary fiction.
Sir Stephen John Fry is an English actor, comedian, writer, and broadcaster. He began his career on the sketch comedy series Alfresco (1983–1984) and the sitcom Blackadder (1986–1989), before gaining recognition as part of the comedy duo Fry and Laurie alongside Hugh Laurie, appearing together in A Bit of Fry & Laurie (1989–1995) and Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993). His later television roles include Kingdom (2007–2009), Bones (2007–2017), and It's a Sin (2021). Fry was the original host of the comedy panel show QI (2003–2016), for which he was nominated for six British Academy Television Awards. In 2006, the British public ranked Fry number 9 in ITV's poll of TV's 50 Greatest Stars.
