Keith Waterhouse
1) Billy Liar
Series
Criterion collection volume 121
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Billy dreams of escape from an unsympathetic, resolutely working-class family, a pair of demanding fiancees, and an insecure dead-end job at an undertakers.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Manchester draftsman Vic Brown becomes involved with Secretary Ingrid Rothwell, who works at his firm. After they sleep together, she gets pregnant. Vic feels a sense of responsibilityalthough he's not really in love with her and proposes marriage. The couple is forced to live with Ingrid's mother, who treats Vic with contempt because of his working-class background. But, when tragedy strikes, Vic must decide what his new wife means to him.