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Keith Waterhouse

Born

in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, The United Kingdom

February 06, 1929

Died

September 04, 2009

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Theater

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Keith Spencer Waterhouse CBE, was a novelist, newspaper columnist, and the writer of many television series.

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Average rating: 3.68 · 3,598 ratings · 363 reviews · 87 distinct works • Similar authors

	Billy Liar 3.71 avg rating — 2,304 ratings — published 1959 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	There Is a Happy Land 3.86 avg rating — 217 ratings — published 1968 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Billy Liar On The Moon 3.57 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 1975 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Soho, or, Alex in Wonderland 3.30 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2001 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Palace Pier 3.42 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell 4.13 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1991 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mrs. Pooter's Diary 3.80 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1983 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Office life 3.63 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1978 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jubb 3.45 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1986 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Book of Useless Information 3.29 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Billy Liar (2 books)
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Quotes by Keith Waterhouse (?)

“I turn over a new leaf every day. But the blots show through,”
― Keith Waterhouse, Billy Liar

tags: blots, new-leaf

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“Should not the Society of Indexers be know as Indexers, Society of, The?”
― Keith Waterhouse

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“I felt mildly peculiar to be treasuring love letters for their grammar, but there was nothing else I could treasure them for.”
― Keith Waterhouse, Billy Liar

tags: grammar, love-letters

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Polls

April 2022 - State of the Nation

Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion (1970) 231 pages

8 votes, 26.7%

Middlemarch by George Eliot (1871) 904 pages

7 votes, 23.3%

The Virgin in the Garden by A.S. Byatt (1978) 428 pages

6 votes, 20.0%

Passing by Nella Larsen (1929) 141 pages

5 votes, 16.7%

Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse (1959) 187 pages

2 votes, 6.7%

Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant (1885) 416 pages

2 votes, 6.7%

30 total votes

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