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Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, The Tin Men (1965) is the brilliantly comic first novel from Michael Frayn, author of the Booker Prize-nominated Headlong, Spies, and Skios, and Noises Off, 'the funniest farce ever written' (NY Times). This 50th anniversary reissue features a new introduction by the author.
'Continuously funny ... The fun of The Tin Men is outrageous because it is so serious.' - Anthony Burgess, Guardian
'A fast swooping performance by one of our very serious satirists ... This is a very funny book and delightful to read.' - William Trevor, The Listener
'Dazzlingly funny ... perfect pieces of comedy.' - Observer
Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, The Tin Men (1965) is the brilliantly comic first novel from Michael Frayn, author of the Booker Prize-nominated Headlong, Spies, and Skios, and Noises Off, 'the funniest farce ever written' (NY Times). This 50th anniversary reissue features a new introduction by the author.
'Continuously funny ... The fun of The Tin Men is outrageous because it is so serious.' - Anthony Burgess, Guardian
'A fast swooping performance by one of our very serious satirists ... This is a very funny book and delightful to read.' - William Trevor, The Listener
'Dazzlingly funny ... perfect pieces of comedy.' - Observer
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Tin Men is the first novel from Michael Frayn, the bestselling author of Spies, Skios and Headlong. It won the Somerset Maugham Award and examines technology, computers and automation with humour, elegance and wit.
About the Author:
Michael Frayn was born in London in 1933 and began his career as a journalist on the Guardian and the Observer. His novels include Towards the End of the Morning, The Trick of It and A Landing on the Sun. Headlong (1999) was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and Spies (2002) won the Whitbread Best Novel Award. His most recent novel, Skios, was longlisted for the Booker Prize. His fifteen plays range from Noises Off to Copenhagen and, most recently, Afterlife. He is married to the writer Claire Tomalin.
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- PublisherHarperCollins Distribution Services
- Publication date1972
- ISBN 10 0006122604
- ISBN 13 9780006122609
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages160
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