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He knows everything about her before they meet; more about her nine novels that she does herself. He has devoted his life to studying and teaching them and yet he is four times as clever as she is. Now, as she steps off the train in London, something about her in the flesh sets him thinking. Maybe he has a chance to resolve the one remaining mystery at the heart of things. . . Through a series of letters sent by a minor English Literature academic to his old friend in Australia, Frayn combines a vivid and moving study of obsession, with a witty and playful account of what it's like to be on the fringes of the creative process. Michael Frayn is the celebrated author of fifteen plays including <i>Noises Off</i>, <i>Copenhagen</i> and <i>Afterlife. </i>His bestselling novels include <i>Headlong</i>, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, <i>Spies</i>, which won the Whitbread Best Novel Award and <i>Skios</i>, which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
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The Trick of It, Michael Frayn
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- Released
- 2000
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- (Paperback)
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- Title
- The Trick of It
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Michael Frayn
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber Ltd
- Released
- 2000
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 130
- ISBN10
- 0571204295
- ISBN13
- 9780571204298
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- He knows everything about her before they meet; more about her nine novels that she does herself. He has devoted his life to studying and teaching them and yet he is four times as clever as she is. Now, as she steps off the train in London, something about her in the flesh sets him thinking. Maybe he has a chance to resolve the one remaining mystery at the heart of things. . . Through a series of letters sent by a minor English Literature academic to his old friend in Australia, Frayn combines a vivid and moving study of obsession, with a witty and playful account of what it's like to be on the fringes of the creative process. Michael Frayn is the celebrated author of fifteen plays including <i>Noises Off</i>, <i>Copenhagen</i> and <i>Afterlife. </i>His bestselling novels include <i>Headlong</i>, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, <i>Spies</i>, which won the Whitbread Best Novel Award and <i>Skios</i>, which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.