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Victoria, Australia, have chosen to put this on the final year senior school list; a decision I find odd but not terrible.

It tells a decent story of children and adults' misunderstandings during a helpfully evocative WWII London setting. There's quite a bit of "To Kill a Mockingbird" about it. There are some lovely and poignant moments as his young protagonist fumbles his way towards adolescence, and is left guessing at the actions of the women in his street: something's up but he doesn't understand what or why.

But Frayn's conceit can't continue to trade on such little capital, for the sheer fact that the readers aren't children. By the end, the narrative has lost its raison d'etre, and we are left with a supposed 'twist' that feels more like a strangle.


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Spies Michael Frayn 9780571212965 Books Reviews

This York Notes version provides detailed, excellent summaries with engaging commentaries. It provides techniques for discussion of themes, analysis of literary techniques and excellent contextual, contemporary and historical literary background supported by very useful links. It has a useful chronology and glossary and though-provoking guide questions. I highly recommend this advanced guide for both senior secondary and tertiary students.
War, Duration, England, Germany, men, women, children, flowers, bushes, shrubs, imaginations running wild, trouble brewing, spies and traitors. This book is insightful and a literary treasure. For all advanced readers.
I really liked this book a lot. Started out like a sort of Famous Five adventure, then it gets serious and more grown up. I've read it twice now, and I'll certainly read it again some time.
The beautiful, soft focus beginning of this book was perfectly wrought, and made me think this would be something special. Evidently, however, those were the last arrows the author had in his quiver. The rest of the book meanders at a slow pace, with little development and lots of innuendo. The suprises aren't so surprising. It becomes tedious rather than heartfelt. I rather thought this would be better done as novella or short short --it has a feel of being stretched. A for effort, C for execution.
What is it about these British authors that they can write about the past and their own childhoods in such a mature and adult way? Recently, we saw it in Booker nominee Ian McEwan's 'Atonement', then Penelope Lively with 'A House Unlocked", and now Frayn's 'Spies'. This is a story about how the protagonist saw a particular event during his pre-teen childhood. Puzzling, mysterious, and inexplicable. Then it all comes together in the last chapter when as a middle-aged man he goes back home and digs up his memories. That the pen that produced 'Headlong', and 'Copenhagen' can also produce such a delicious and haunting tale is even more wonderful.
I enjoyed this book very much. The language, the story, the fears, brought me back to my childhood. Thanks for writing it!
Spies by Michael Frayn is a jewel of a novel. Written with great precision and sensibility, it brings the reader close to the characters and makes them feel, taste, smell, what they experience. Indirectly, through the memories of the protagonist's childhood, we begin to know the adults in that child's life and the hopes, fears, and aches they have, but which the child only half understands. Gradually the reader begins to know what's what and this makes for the suspense. One is left with a feeling of nostalgia and pity, without morbidity or cynicism.
Victoria, Australia, have chosen to put this on the final year senior school list; a decision I find odd but not terrible.

It tells a decent story of children and adults' misunderstandings during a helpfully evocative WWII London setting. There's quite a bit of "To Kill a Mockingbird" about it. There are some lovely and poignant moments as his young protagonist fumbles his way towards adolescence, and is left guessing at the actions of the women in his street something's up but he doesn't understand what or why.

But Frayn's conceit can't continue to trade on such little capital, for the sheer fact that the readers aren't children. By the end, the narrative has lost its raison d'etre, and we are left with a supposed 'twist' that feels more like a strangle.