Everything Must Go (novel)

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Everything Must Go
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First edition (US)
Author Keith Waterhouse
Country United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreComedy
Publisher Putnam (New York)
Publication date
1969
Media typePrint

Everything Must Go is a 1969 novel by the British writer Keith Waterhouse. [1] [2] Similar in theme to the plot of his earlier Billy Liar , a man working as an antique dealer lives out his daydreams but ends up finding himself in a horrible predicament.

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References

  1. The Library Journal Book Review. R. R. Bowker, 1969. p.771
  2. Weintraub p.531

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