When a mercurial Moscow blonde and a visiting British businessman conduct an affair through their Russian interpreter it reveals all the deceptions of love and East-West...
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Martin Clay, a young would-be art historian, sees a chance of a lifetime: to perform a great public service, and to make his professional reputation. To obtain the treasure he thinks he has identified involves him setting up a classic sting and...
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing Best Novel
Whitbread Prize Best Novel
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...
When a mercurial Moscow blonde and a visiting British businessman conduct an affair through their Russian interpreter it reveals all the deceptions of love and East-West...
"A man sits in his car at the traffic-lights, waiting for them to go green." This may sound like a calm opening to a novel, but readers can be absolutely assured that the minute this man's distracted foot hits the accelerator, they will be off on...
The great master of farce turns to an exclusive island retreat for a comedy of mislaid identities, unruly passions, and demented, delicious disorder
On the private Greek island of Skios, the high-paying guests of a world-renowned...
Майкл Фрейн - современный английский писатель старшего поколения - получил известность как романист, драматург и переводчик русской...
В литературу Майкл Фрейн, английский писатель, драматург и переводчик, вошел поначалу как романист. В его первом романе «Оловянные...
За несколько часов до премьеры актеры театра репетируют пьесу. Времени катастрофически не хватает. Что из этого получится — читаем.
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Лондонское предместье, начало 1940-х. Два мальчика играют в войну. Вообразив, что мать одного из них – немецкая шпионка, они начинают...