The Liar (novel)
The Liar (published 1991) is Stephen Fry's first novel. The book relates the life of Adrian Healey, a public school and Oxbridge educated man who excels at lying and, along with other characters, forming an old boy's club, partakes in a makebelieve espionage game solely to avert boredom.
A film version is in development, with Fry planning to star alongside Nicholas Hoult and Ian McKellen.
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