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April 2002 british writer michael frayn is best known to american audiences as a playwright copenhagen, noises off, but he has written nine novels, including the booker prize finalist headlong. As youd expect of a book by michael frayn, spies is a cleverly conceived and intricately executed novel in which different layers of irony are nested like russian dolls. In the quiet culdesac where keith and stephen live the only immediate signs of the second world war are the blackout at night and a single random. On the outskirts, articles reprinted from the observer 1964. Bitter memories of the home front during wwii resurface in this muted yet moving tenth novel from popular british author frayn the copenhagen papers, 2001, etc. A novel recent picador highlights on your kindle in under a minute. Written by michael frayn, audiobook narrated by martin jarvis. Spies summary from litcharts the creators of sparknotes. My fathers fortune, frayns personal memoir, contains many of the seeds from which spies was created.
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