Headlong - Michael Frayn

Spies - Michael Frayn

and straight forward, as the novel unfolds a more twisted plot unravels. Believe me this book is worth reading and Michael Frayn really portrays the two boys well with his distinct writing style and the characteristics the boys are given. All is not what it seems at the close... Will you find out ...

Spies - Michael Frayn

and straight forward, as the novel unfolds a more twisted plot unravels. Believe me this book is worth reading and Michael Frayn really portrays the two boys well with his distinct writing style and the characteristics the boys are given. All is not what it seems at the close... Will you find out ...

A Landing on the Sun - Michael Frayn

Michael Frayn’s achievement in this novel lies in the subtle and economic way he manoeuvres the reader (using the device of the unreliable narrator to great effect, like Ishiguro’s butler Stevens in “The Remains of the Day”). He leads us gently between the ridiculous and the sublime, from sympathy to amusement, through a philosophical discourse on the notion of happiness, along the edge of a detective novel, by way of a spoof of civil servant life, towards a small human drama. And the honey and celery scene alone makes it worth reading. ...

A Landing on the Sun - Michael Frayn

Michael Frayn’s achievement in this novel lies in the subtle and economic way he manoeuvres the reader (using the device of the unreliable narrator to great effect, like Ishiguro’s butler Stevens in “The Remains of the Day”). He leads us gently between the ridiculous and the sublime, from sympathy to amusement, through a philosophical discourse on the notion of happiness, along the edge of a detective novel, by way of a spoof of civil servant life, towards a small human drama. And the honey and celery scene alone makes it worth reading. ...

A Landing on the Sun - Michael Frayn

me lay two human hands” They say the first line of a book should be a cracker to get you hooked. Using this theory Landing on the Sun by Michael Frayn certainly had the potential to be an interesting read. However I was not sure at first whether I would enjoy it or not. Brian Jessel is a civil servant working in Whitehall. His main task throughout the book is to investigate the mysterious death of another civil servant Stephen Summerchild that happened in 1974. Summerchild was working on a top secret mission alongside the shadowy figure of Professor Serrafin. Jessel’s life intertwines with Summerchild’s as Jessel played in an orchestra alongside Summerchild’s daughter ...

A Landing on the Sun - Michael Frayn

me lay two human hands” They say the first line of a book should be a cracker to get you hooked. Using this theory Landing on the Sun by Michael Frayn certainly had the potential to be an interesting read. However I was not sure at first whether I would enjoy it or not. Brian Jessel is a civil servant working in Whitehall. His main task throughout the book is to investigate the mysterious death of another civil servant Stephen Summerchild that happened in 1974. Summerchild was working on a top secret mission alongside the shadowy figure of Professor Serrafin. Jessel’s life intertwines with Summerchild’s as Jessel played in an orchestra alongside Summerchild’s daughter ...