Spies

Michael Frayn

first published 2002 Faber and Faber, 2003 paperback 272 pages

dtv 13435

"The sudden trace of a troubling, familiar smell takes Stephen Wheatley back to a dimly remembered yet disturbing childhood summer in wartime London. As he pieces together the scattered images, we are transported to a quiet street, where two boys - Keith and his sidekick Stephen - are engaged in their own version of the war effort: spying on the neighbors, recording their movements, ferreting out their secrets.". "I...

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Editions we hold

Spies edition · 2009 · Faber and Faber Ltd · 9780571249206
Das Spionagespiel edition · 2006 · Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag · 222 pages · 9783423134354
Spies edition · 2005 · Heinemann Educational Publishers · 9780435120009
Spies audiobook · 2004 · Chivers Audio Books · 9780754094784
Spies paperback · 2003 · Faber and Faber · 272 pages · 9780571212965
Spies paperback · 2003 · Picador · 272 pages · 9780312421175
Spies paperback · 2002 · Thorndike Press · 294 pages · 9780786244805
Spies audiobook · 2002 · Chivers Audio Books · 9780754008828
Spies hardcover · 2002 · Metropolitan Books · 261 pages

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