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3. Dez. 2005 · (Michael Frayn: Towards the End of the Morning). An absolutely brilliant dead-pan account of the expenses racket is also given in Philip Norman's marvellous novel of the Sunday Times in the late ...
'The funniest book in the English language .' Richard Osman'It made me laugh so much I fell out of bed.' Sebastian FaulksMichael Frayn's classic novel is set in the crossword and nature notes department of an obscure national newspaper during the declining years of Fleet Street, where John Dyson dreams wistfully of fame and the gentlemanly life - until one day his great chance of glory at last ...
Michael Frayn was born in London in 1933 and began his career as a journalist on the Guardian and the Observer.One of the few English writers to achieve success as both novelist and playwright, his three most recent novels, Headlong, Spies, and Skios, were all nominated for the Booker Prize, while Noises Off (first produced in New York in 1983, revived in 2001, and due to be revived again in ...
14. Dez. 2022 · Towards the End of the Morning by Michael Frayn. Publication date 2015 Publisher Faber & Faber, Limited Collection printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language English. Notes. Cut-off text on some pages due to ...
Towards the End of the Morning is set in a gentle age, 60s/70s society and newspapers, where Editors retreat to their lofty office and are rarely seen, hours and even days pass with office chitchat, career dreams and small rivalries, and minor seductions happen and fail to happen.
5. Nov. 2015 · Set in the crossword and nature notes department of an obscure national newspaper during the declining years of Fleet Street, where John Dyson dreams wistfully of fame and the gentlemanly life - until one day his great chance of glory at last arrives.
His novels include Towards the End of the Morning, The Trick of It and A Landing on the Sun. Headlong (1999) was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and Spies (2002) won the Whitbread Best Novel Award. His most recent novel, Skios, was longlisted for the Booker Prize. His fifteen plays range from Noises Off to Copenhagen and, most recently ...
