Michael Frayn

Michael Frayn's classic 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 arrives.

Benedict Cumberbatch, Greta Scacchi and Simon Russell Beale star in Michael Frayn's award-winning play about the controversial 1941 meeting between physicists Bohr and Heisenberg. Copenhagen, Autumn 1941. The two presiding geniuses of quantum physics, Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg meet for...

Headlong, a Booker Prize finalist, combines a heavy dose of humor with a fascinating glimpse into the world of priceless art....

In the quiet cul-de-sac where Keith and Stephen live, the only immediate signs of the Second World War are the blackouts at night and a single random bomb-site....

Blocking the soot from the chimney is nothing less, Martin believes, than one of the art world's lost treasures. So begins a wild trail of lies and concealments....

On the private Greek island of Skios, the high-paying guests of a world-renowned foundation prepare for the annual keynote address....

How different would the world have looked had the Nazis been the first to build an atomic bomb....

The Trick of It is a comical look at an odd couple. Original and witty, Frayn tells a complete story through one-sided letters....

From the author of Copenhagen and Noises Off. A comedy-drama about a door manufacturing company and a fateful convention in Frankfurt....

These witty vignettes are full of great repartee and wonderfully astute observations – read with the dry humour and enthusiasm they deserve by ‘The Olivier of Audiobooks’ Martin Jarvis....

In this memoir, Frayn reveals the original exemplar of the extraordinary-ordinary life: his father, Tom Frayn....

This collection is perfect for anyone who has ever questioned the logic behind technobabble, computer jargon and eccentric human idiosyncrasies...that'll be everybody, then....