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Title: Tony the Liar

Author: George Billions

Narrator: George Billions

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-28-17

Publisher: George Billions

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Tony has always been a bad dude. He was an explosives expert at the age of 10, and by high school had become a major drug dealer with cartel connections. These days, he's making bank as a cage fighter with lucrative sponsorships and fists registered as deadly weapons. In his downtime, he's a motocross champion who also makes swords. His life would be far too intense for the average man, but Tony's got a secret trick up his sleeve: He soaks batteries in a mix of hard liquor and energy drinks for the ultimate pick-me-up.

Blake has known Tony since they were kids and knows better than to believe anything the guy says. The massive wad of bills Tony keeps flashing is real enough, though. Down on his luck, the allure of quick cash makes Tony seem a lot more believable. Blake agrees to do one simple job, continuing to chase the prize even as it becomes clear that Tony is still the liar he's always been.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

Based on a true story.

Fantastic debut!

George Billions is a very talented writer. He has a knack of writing so effortlessly that you could overlook just how well-accomplished his prose is. From the very first paragraph, I found myself suckered in, and by the time I was two or three pages in, I felt completely immersed by the story.

This is a simple tale executed brilliantly, about Blakeâs take on a school friend of his who lies about everything. And when the two of them meet up later in life as adults, itâs clear that Tony the Liar hasnât changed one bit; and when Tony entices Blake, the narrator of this tale, into some dangerous skulduggery, things start to get out of hand.

Iâm sure weâve all known people - especially kids â that lie for no apparent reason, but Tony really takes the biscuit. Itâs hard to know if anything he says is true, and heâs a very well-rounded character, portrayed superbly by Blakeâs commentary on the guy; where the story weaves between their schooldays of the past and the present day. It somewhat feels like the relationship of Nick and Gatsby, in that we never learn a huge amount about the narrator telling the story, but at the same time we learn much about him through his reflections on the âheroâ of the story.

This is a funny, fast-paced, quick read, but it is that where my only criticism of Tony the Liar lies. This book needs to be longer. What we have in this novella is fantastic, but it also feels like the germ of an idea for a full-blown novel where situations could have been pushed beyond their boundaries and things could have taken a much more crazy turn for the worse. So Iâm only criticising what we donât have, as opposed to what we have, and Iâll gladly take whatâs on offer. I highly enjoyed Billionsâ second novella, which I read before this debut, and Iâm looking forward to reading his latest; Buying Illegal Bugs with Bitcoin. Keep âem coming George.

A slice of life

At some point in their lives, everyone knows a Tony the Liar. Tony is the annoying loudmouth whose bragging and outrageous stories make him a laughingstock. He's the guy you want to steer clear of. In this quick-reading novella, Tony is a child who cannot stop telling stories. While some of his classmates believe him at times, Blake, the narrator, realizes that at some point, his friend has changed and is making up unbelievable scenarios.