A young would-be art historian suddenly sees the chance of a lifetime: the opportunity to perform a great public service, and at the same time tomake his...
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What would that universe be like if human being were not here to observe it? Would there be still be numbers, or scientific laws? Would the universe even...
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Many of the humorous essays collected in this volume first appeared in the "Guardian" and the "Observer" newspapers over a three decade span, from the...
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Who is Celia, and what are the mysterious papers found concealed under the attic floorboards of an old country house? Are they simply instructions for...
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One spring morning a quiet, shy man in his sixties sets out from Land's End to walk the length of his native land. He has never walked more than a dozen...
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Twenty years after graduation, six former students return to their university college for a reunion dinner. Whilst their lives may have had varying degrees...
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Why not program computers to take over the really dull jobs that human beings have to do? At the William Morris Institute of Automaton Research they are...
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Michael Frayn's play where Heisenberg meets Bohr and his wife Margrethe once again to look for the answers, and to work out, just as they had once worked...
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One of the funniest writers of his generation, Michael Frayn has been writing humorous newspaper columns since 1959, principally for the "Guardian" and...
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Published to tie in with the production at the Royal National Theatre directed by Michael Blakemore, the play won numerous awards.
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Before writing the novels and plays which confirmed his reputation, such as "Noises Off" and "Benefactors", Michael Frayn established himself as a writer...
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Opens with a touring company dress-rehearsing "Nothing On", a conventional farce. Mixing mockery and homage, this play won both the Evening Standard and...
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This set of three books by Michael Frayn includes: "Headlong"; "Landing in
the Sun" and "Towards The End Of The Morning". It forms part of Faber's
"Threebies"...
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When a mercurial Moscow blonde and a visiting British businessman conduct an affair through their Russian interpreter it reveals all the deceptions of...
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A collection of writings by Michael Frayn, based on his column in "The Guardian", covering the pomposities and inanities of public announcements, fashionable...
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A dystopian novel set in the distant future. Frayn's inquisitive heroine is smitten by love and fuelled by angst and seeks to break free of her enclosed...
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