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. Then one day Keith announces an even more disconcerting discovery: the Germans have infiltrated his own family, and the children find themselves engulfed in mysteries far deeper and more painful than they had bargained for.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Edition: First Thus
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 20 Jan 2003
ISBN 10: 0571212964
ISBN 13: 9780571212965
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.