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  • Waterhouse is quite easily the wittiest and best chronicler of contemporary life . . . splendidly funny, clever and unusual . . . a most enjoyable book - Sunday Telegraph - Auberon WaughDone with such a delightfully light touch that I found myself reading non-stop - Evening Standard - Tom SharpeGood old fashioned fun - The Times - Michael WrightHe can write like a British Tom Wolfe - Daily Express - Richard Compton MillerA very adroit writer with a sharp eye and an even sharper ear for the debased dialogue of everyday contemporary life . . . a funny mordant book which describes the tawdriness of 'respectable' life in the still prosperous south-east. Always entertaining. - Literary Review - Tim Heald

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Keith Waterhouse

Keith Waterhouse

In a long and distinguished career, Keith Waterhouse published fifteen novels, including Billy Liar (which has been filmed and staged), and Our Song (also staged), seven non-fiction books and seven collections of journalism. He wrote widely for television, cinema and the theatre, including the highly successful play Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell. He also published two acclaimed memoirs, City Lights and Streets Ahead. He died on 4th September 2009.

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