Spies: Michael Frayn

Michael Frayn's fascinating and intricate novel, Spies, cosidered by many to be his finest work, is a popular choice for study, as well as possessing great appeal for the general reader. Surprisingly, this is the first critical evaluation of it. Angela Topping investigates the threads Frayn weaves together so skilfully as, through flashback, he recreates a wartime narrative that still haunts the hero years after the events took place. Through close analysis, she demonstrates Frayn's attention to detail as he gradually reveals the full identities of the narrator and the RAF deserter whose death he unwittingly hastens.

About the author:

Angela Topping is an experienced teacher, poet and editor. She currently teaches at a selective school and her teaching resources have been widely published.

64  pages

ISBN: 978-1-906075-08-8