{"product_id":"9781405861830","title":"Spies","description":" \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHeadlong\u003c\/i\u003e, a mesmerizing novel about secrecy, imagination, and a child's game turned deadly earnest.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sudden trace of a disturbing, forgotten aroma compels Stephen Wheatley to return to the site of a dimly remembered but troubling childhood summer in wartime London. As he pieces together his scattered images, we are brought back to a quiet, suburan 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut when Keith utters six shocking words, the boys' game of espionage takes a sinister and unintended turn. A wife's simple errands and a family's ordinary rituals — once the focus of childish speculation — become the tragic elements of adult catastrophe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn gripping prose, charged with emotional intensity, \u003ci\u003eSpies\u003c\/i\u003e reaches into the moral confusion of youth to reveal a reality filled with deceptions and betrayals, where the bonds of friendship, marriage, and family are unravelled by cowardice and erotic desire. Master illusionist Michael Frayn powerfully demonstrates, yet again, that what appears to be happening in front of our eyes often turns out to be something we can't see at all.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Frayn\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of nine novels, including the bestselling \u003ci\u003eHeadlong\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editor's Choice selection and a Booker Prize finalist. He has also written thirteen plays, among them \u003ci\u003eNoises Off\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCopenhagen\u003c\/i\u003e, which won three Tony Awards in 1999. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e  ","brand":"Longman Group Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060214546672,"sku":"9781405861830","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781405861830_p0.jpg?v=1763716836","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781405861830","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}