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Spies
Michael Frayn. Picador USA: 2003 (paperback). ISBN:
0312421176. 261 pages.
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Michael Frayn, that notorious Triple Threat, pulls off yet another masterpiece, once again-making it look so effortless and easy that we feel like it must be about as difficult for him to knock out a mind-boggling literary thriller as is for us to clean our bathroom sink.
Frayn, author of prize-winning plays and screenplays, as well as of numerous novels, including 1999's international hit Headlong, treats us to yet another chilling, challenging, perfect page-turner of a tale-ooo, sorry, that was a lot of alliteration, wasn't it? The spies in question are two young boys living in a London suburb during World War II. The games of their childhood screech to a halt when Keith, the alpha dog of the pair, utters the six fatal words that will change the lives of everyone in the neighborhood forever. As the boys move deeper into an intrigue that they cannot hope to understand, we begin to learn of a secret forbidden love affair that is determined to outwit and outlast the ravages of war and the bonds of family ties.
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