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About Michael Frayn
See more books from this AuthorThe comedy arises from Martin's efforts to ascertain its provenance, raise some money for a token payment and somehow spirit the painting away from the churlish Tony Churt, calm the suspicions of his art historian wife, Kate, who is surprised by his sudden interest in her field, and fend off the ...
| Read Full Review of Headlong: A NovelThough greed, arrogance, solipsism, and marital strife all play their charged roles in Michael Frayn's Headlong, it's primarily a comic novel about researchnot exactly the most tantalizing satirical hook, especially when that research covers topics as obscure as "the impact of nominalism on Neth...
Mar 29 2002 | Read Full Review of Headlong: A NovelOriginally posted Sep 03, 1999 Published in issue #501 Sep 03, 1999 Order article reprints
Sep 03 1999 | Read Full Review of Headlong: A NovelThe narrative of Martin’s altered life, his frequent trips from the country back to London to check things out in the V&A or the London Library, his need of Kate’s support and confirmation of his hunch combined with a need to keep her scepticism at bay – she is the art historian after all – and h...
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