by Michael Frayn (Author)
In the quiet cul-de-sac where Keith and Stephen live there is very little evidence of the Second World War. But the two friends suspect that the inhabitants of the Close are not what they seem. As Keith authoritatively informs the trusting Stephen, the whole district is riddled with secret passages and underground laboratories - hideaways for any number of murderers, unsung war heroes and secret agents. Then one day Keith announces an even more disconcerting discovery: the Germans have infiltrated his own family. And when the secret underground world they have postulated emerges from the shadows they find themselves engulfed in mysteries far deeper and more painful than they had bargained for. In this beautiful new novel Michael Frayn evokes a time and characters which are as vivid now as if they had appeared before us today.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 04 Feb 2002
ISBN 10: 0571212867
ISBN 13: 9780571212866
Book Overview: Michael Frayn is the author of Headlong .
Prizes: Winner of The Commonwealth Writer's Prize Best Book Eurasia 2003 and Whitbread Prize (Novel) 2002 and Whitbread Book Awards: Novel Category 2002. Shortlisted for The Commonwealth Writers Prize 2003.