Blogs about: Michael Frayn

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A Faded Glance of Fleet Street

Niall McGarrigle wrote 3 days ago: A recent lazy weekend off was filled with my first-time reading of Michael Frayn’s bittersweet journ … more →

Tags: Journalism, Derek Jameson, east end of london, Evelyn Waugh, Fleet Street, John Dyson, London, Sutton Trust

Howard Jacobson wins comic fiction prize

Bookblurb wrote 3 days ago: Cheering news: Howard Jacobson wins prize for comic fiction Howard Jacobson wins this year’s B … more →

Tags: Awards, The Telegraph, Howard Jacobson, Ian McEwan, D.B.C. Pierre, Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, Zoo Time, Deborah Moggach, helen dewitt

News From The Bookshelves2 comments

gillarbuthnott wrote 4 days ago: It’s a while since I’ve written anything about what I’ve been reading. I haven … more →

Tags: Books I've Been Reading, eowyn ivey, mark forsyth, rachel joyce, Skios, The Horologicon, the snow child, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

Norfolk Reads

thetoreadpile wrote 6 days ago:   Norfolk Reads If you follow me on twitter, you might know that I recently spent a blissful we … more →

Tags: 3 .5/5, 4/5, 2.5/5, Norfolk Reads, Skios, bitter greens, Kate Forsyth, gone girl, Gillian Flynn

If I Get Busted in New York, the Freest City in the World...

Aaron Botwick wrote 6 days ago: Nathan Lane has one of the most interesting faces in showbusiness: his thick black eyebrows seem to … more →

Tags: Reviews, Andrea Burns, Born Yesterday, broadway, Bud Abbott, Cady Huffman, Douglas Carter Beane, Geoffrey Allen Murphy, Groucho Marx

Skios - Michael Frayn

bibliobeth wrote 1 week ago: What’s it all about?: On the private Greek island of Skios, the high-paying guests of a world- … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, British Books Challenge 2013, Contemporary, Man Booker prize longlisted, Skios

WWW Wednesday #216 comments

bibliobeth wrote 1 week ago: To join in you need to answer 3 questions.. •What are you currently reading? •What did you recently … more →

Tags: Miscellaneous, WWW Wednesday, Big Breasts and Wide Hips, frankenstein, Mary Shelley, Mo Yan, Skios

'Skios' by Michael Frayn

Joanne Booy wrote 1 week ago: What a fun and entertaining read! Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this surprising little gem is … more →

Tags: Fiction, five-star, Greece, Skios

In Which The Author Attempts to Pen a Cross - Carmichael - Category Post (Because That's What She Usually Does Anyway)14 comments

mrscarmichael wrote 2 weeks ago: Honestly, I thought I was so clever creating my categories. Obviously I now see that they break all … more →

Tags: Meet the carmichaels, mrscarmichael is away from her desk, mrscarmichael's catchall, mrscarmichael's creative twin, mrscarmichael's reading repository, freshly pressed, Hampstead, Humour/Humor, John Malkovich

Skios by Michael Frayn

theviewfromtheuppercircle wrote 2 weeks ago: My first introduction to Michael Frayn was his 2002 novel Spies which I picked up in a book exchange … more →

Tags: Book Review, Booker Prize, Comedy, Farce, Literary Fiction, Novel, Skios

The Godfather: Peter Corris on the humour of Michael Frayn1 comment

The Newtown Review of Books wrote 3 weeks ago: I’m indebted to writer and publisher Michael Wilding for introducing me to Michael Frayn, whom I’d h … more →

Tags: The Godfather – Peter Corris, Booker Prize, Evelyn Waugh, Farce, Monty Python

Updates: Recent Science Fiction Acquisitions No. LXIII (Simak + Tenn + Clement + Frayn)27 comments

Joachim Boaz wrote 3 weeks ago: A new bookstore in my hometown!  Great results! Dirt cheap (between 1-2 $ a book)!  Happy me! I fina … more →

Tags: Updates, 1950s, 1960s, Art, Book, Clifford D. Simak, Hal Clement, Paperbacks, Pulp

Great opening paragraph... 151 comment

sandradan1 wrote 3 weeks ago: “The third week of June, and there it is again: the same almost embarrassingly familiar breath … more →

Tags: on writing, Book Love, opening paragraph, Books, Sandra Danby, spies, Creative Writing, World War Two, Second World War

Shucks Mahoney’s #CBRV Review #29: Spies by Michael Frayn3 comments

Shucks Mahoney wrote 1 month ago: I was going for an espionage theme at the beginning of this month, which has currently been derailed … more →

Tags: 5 stars - a favorite, Shucks Mahoney, Novel, spies

Moggach and DeWitt on Wodehouse shortlist

Bookblurb wrote 1 month ago: Deborah Moggach | By Katie Allen Authors Deborah Moggach and Helen DeWitt are both shortlisted for t … more →

Tags: Awards, The Bookseller, katie allen, prizes, Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction, Deborah Moggach, helen dewitt, Howard Jabson, joseph connolly

Top 6 Things To Do This Summer

Dangerous Lee wrote 1 month ago: The summer months are all about exciting times so make sure you get out there and enjoy yourself! Wh … more →

Tags: featured press!, Health and Lifestyle, Fifty Shades of grey, Hilary Mantel, Night Circus, Wolf Hall, Skios, world cancer research fund, Erin Morgenstern

My first what's on supplement... and Noises Off review

Ella wrote 1 month ago: So, I’ve started a new job as the Cambridge News’ entertainment writer, hence the lack o … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Journalism portfolio, Reviews, theatre, Noises Off..., Cmabridge Arts Theatre

The Hate Inside The Inkwell1 comment

may1366 wrote 1 month ago: A couple of weeks ago, I joined in a discussion with fellow posters on The ‘Spill music blog o … more →

Tags: dinesh allirajah, The Writer, blair peach, Caliban, Conrad, David Peace, dickens, Evolution, film

Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2013 shortlist announced

Waterstones wrote 1 month ago: Waterstones Book Club pick Skios could bring Michael Frayn a second win in the UK’s leading co … more →

Tags: Book Awards, Fiction, News, Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction, book prizes, Englands Lane, Heartbreak Hotel, Howard Jacobson, joseph connolly


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