The Russian Interpreter (1966)
Michael Frayn
With a new introduction by the author
Book Description
Raya is a mercurial Moscow blonde who speaks no English, and the affair she is embarking upon is with Gordon Proctor-Gould, a visiting British businessman who speaks no Russian. So they need an interpreter. Which is how Paul Manning is diverted from writing his thesis at Moscow University to become involved in all the deceptions of love and East-West relations.
Featuring an unusual blend of humor and suspense, Michael Frayn’s The Russian Interpreter (1966) was inspired in part by the author’s own experiences in Communist Russia and won the Hawthornden Prize as the best work of imaginative fiction published that year. This edition includes a new introduction by the author.
Michael Frayn
With a new introduction by the author
Book Description
Raya is a mercurial Moscow blonde who speaks no English, and the affair she is embarking upon is with Gordon Proctor-Gould, a visiting British businessman who speaks no Russian. So they need an interpreter. Which is how Paul Manning is diverted from writing his thesis at Moscow University to become involved in all the deceptions of love and East-West relations.
Featuring an unusual blend of humor and suspense, Michael Frayn’s The Russian Interpreter (1966) was inspired in part by the author’s own experiences in Communist Russia and won the Hawthornden Prize as the best work of imaginative fiction published that year. This edition includes a new introduction by the author.
REVIEWS
“Imaginative and delightful – zany characters who stick in the memory and have a genuine life of their own. Frayn juxtaposes the humorous and the frankly sinister into a satisfying and witty picture.” – Sunday Telegraph
“Altogether a notable book . . . very sane and very funny.” – Times Literary Supplement
“Full of quirky, quixotic surprises.” – Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Altogether a notable book . . . very sane and very funny.” – Times Literary Supplement
“Full of quirky, quixotic surprises.” – Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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BOOK DETAILS
ISBN: 1941147933 ISBN-13: 978-1941147931 $15.99 US, 180 pp. Trade paper Published 2015 |
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AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
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 2015) was recently voted Britain’s second favourite play, and Copenhagen won the Tony Award for Best Play. His first five novels, all long recognized as classics in Great Britain, are also published by Valancourt Books.