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Towards the End of the Morning - Michael Frayn

Towards the End of the Morning

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Buch | Softcover
240 Seiten
2015 | Main
Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-31587-1 (ISBN)
CHF 17,90 inkl. MwSt
Set in the crossword and nature notes department of an obscure national newspaper during the declining years of Fleet Street, where John Dyson dreams wistfully of fame and the gentlemanly life - until one day his great chance of glory at last arrives.
'The funniest book in the English language .' Richard Osman
'It made me laugh so much I fell out of bed.' Sebastian Faulks

Michael Frayn's classic novel is set in the crossword and nature notes department of an obscure national newspaper during the declining years of Fleet Street, where John Dyson dreams wistfully of fame and the gentlemanly life - until one day his great chance of glory at last arrives.

Michael Frayn is the celebrated author of fifteen plays including Noises Off, Copenhagen and Afterlife. His bestselling novels include Headlong, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Spies, which won the Whitbread Best Novel Award and Skios, which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

'Still ranks with Evelyn Waugh's Scoop as one of the funniest novels about journalists ever written.' Sunday Times

'A sublimely funny comedy about the ways newspapers try to put lives into words.' Spectator

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, The Trick of It and A Landing on the Sun. Headlong (1999) was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and Spies (2002) won the Whitbread Best Novel Award. His most recent novel, Skios, was longlisted for the Booker Prize. His fifteen plays range from Noises Off to Copenhagen and, most recently, Afterlife. He is married to the writer Claire Tomalin.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 5.11.2015
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 132 x 196 mm
Gewicht 191 g
Themenwelt Literatur Romane / Erzählungen
ISBN-10 0-571-31587-9 / 0571315879
ISBN-13 978-0-571-31587-1 / 9780571315871
Zustand Neuware
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