tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post2074582393880384753..comments2024-03-02T22:28:45.521-05:00Comments on Inveresk Street Ingrate: Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse (W.W. Norton & Company 1959)Imposs1904http://www.blogger.com/profile/04043116442576404667noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-4617792327450863562011-08-19T01:56:23.013-04:002011-08-19T01:56:23.013-04:00pages 8-9
The inclusion of five different Billy L...pages 8-9<br /><br />The inclusion of five different Billy Liar front covers is explained away by the fact that the copy I borrowed from Brooklyn Library - an American first edition - didn't have a dust jacket.<br /><br />The top front cover gets pride of place because it was the dust jacket for the first British edition of Waterhouse's wonderful novel.<br /><br />Of course, the best cover of the lot is the Billy Liar Woodbine homage. Should be on a T shirt . . . but would it come in my size?Imposs1904https://www.blogger.com/profile/04043116442576404667noreply@blogger.com