Is Keith Waterhouse's Billy Liar (1959, filmed 1963) derived from James Thurber's Walter Mitty (1939, filmed 1947)? I did not find an answer.
Interestingly the similarity of the characters is noted here in a December, 1963 (not 1961, as shown on the web page) movie review.
Ah Q, a creation of Lu Xun in 1921, bears a more remote resemblance to these characters.
ps. A recent Guardian aritcle on the cultural impact of Billy Liar, the movie.
Here appear occasional jottings of my random musings. Profound or jejune, they reveal the contours of my mental universe, with world history, intellectual history, civilizations, philosophy, religion, society, knowledge, and books as some major themes. Since May 2011, this blog has been exclusively focused on Singapore. All my other reflections are now posted in "Notes from Noosphere" (see link under "Miscellany" on the right margin).
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