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BOOK DETAILS
Trade paper

ISBN-13: 978-1941147948
List Price: $16.99 U.S.
Pages: 224

Published: 2015
Towards the End of the Morning (1967)
Michael Frayn
With an introduction by the author

Due to copyright restrictions, this title is only available to U.S. customers.
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Book Description

Michael Frayn’s third novel 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.

Regarded by many as the best novel ever written about journalists, the brilliantly funny Towards the End of the Morning (1967) is celebrated as a classic in Great Britain but has long been unavailable in America. This new edition features an introduction by the author.

REVIEWS

‘A sublimely funny novel.’ – Spectator

‘High comedy . . . an extremely well-written, witty novel.’ – Daily Telegraph

‘A gem of a comic book. It’s a brilliant, fast game of poker with the author holding all the best hands.’ – Vogue

‘Still ranks with Evelyn Waugh’s Scoop as one of the funniest novels about journalists ever written.’ –
Sunday Times



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AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

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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.





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