tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post3104823640010389846..comments2024-03-25T11:29:25.356-04:00Comments on Existential Ennui: Michael Frayn's Debut Novel, The Tin Men (Collins, 1965): Book ReviewNick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17716508525331235684noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-90400282847448013602014-08-05T03:54:54.523-04:002014-08-05T03:54:54.523-04:00There you go, mum: two Headlong recommendations. A...There you go, mum: two Headlong recommendations. And I'd recommend Towards the End of the Morning; I think you'll like that one.Nick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17716508525331235684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-20983854755256955602014-08-02T11:26:57.424-04:002014-08-02T11:26:57.424-04:00I have to concur with Book Glutton. Headlong is h...I have to concur with Book Glutton. Headlong is hilarious, just a non-stop farce that keeps topping itself. Actually it's the only thing by Frayn I've read but it's genius.Jorge Busotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-89833720423248576362014-08-02T07:12:04.686-04:002014-08-02T07:12:04.686-04:00I still have Spies and will read it again because ...I still have Spies and will read it again because I thought it so good. What else do you recommend I read by Michael Frayn?Jillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-25764013247254633462014-08-01T12:10:10.359-04:002014-08-01T12:10:10.359-04:00I loved the story about the stranger on the train....I loved the story about the stranger on the train. I know exactly how you felt.<br /><br />I don't own and haven't read The Tin Men but I have been looking at American copies of the hardcover on eBay (and think I prefer the American cover art). Maybe I will finally take the plunge. I do own an American first of Now You Know but haven't read more than a few pages of it. I am 0 for 2 this week on Michael Frayn. <br /><br />Spies is very good but not typical Frayn funny. Headlong is amazing, an all-time favorite of mine. And Skios I enjoyed but it has some flaws (which I could forgive while reading it because I like Frayn so much and wanted to enjoy the unfolding farce). <br /><br />And coincidentally, I have been reading Frayn's memoir of his father, My Father's Fortune, and his daughter Rebecca Frayn's second novel, Deceptions. I aim to be a Frayn completist.Book Gluttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14569975755798562829noreply@blogger.com