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Informationen zum Autor Michael Frayn was born in London in 1933 and began his career as a journalist on the Guardian and the Observer . His novels include Towards the End of the Morning , Headlong, Spies and Skios . His seventeen plays range from Noises Off , recently chosen as one of the nation's three favourite plays, to Copenhagen , which won the 1998 Evening Standard Award for Best Play of the Year and the 2000 Tony Award for Best Play. He is married to the writer Claire Tomalin. Klappentext Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize! this is a dazzling story of mislaid identity! misdirected passion and miscalculated consequences! set on the sunlit Greek island of Skios. Frayn's other successful and award-winning titles include "Headlong" and "Spies". Sure to delight fans of Michael Frayn's comedies like "Noises Off" and "Clockwise". 'A deliciously absurd scenario and! in the hands of a master farceur like Michael Frayn! it just gets better and better...' "Mail On Sunday" Hardback jacket image. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Skios, Michael Frayn's most recent novel, is a story of mislaid identity, misdirected passion and miscalculated consequences. Zusammenfassung And as the time draws ever nearer for one or other Dr Wilfred - or possibly both - to give the eagerly awaited lecture, so Skios - Greece - Europe - career off their appointed track.
