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Skios

by Michael Frayn
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Academic farce on a Greek island - Skios.

Skios is a hilarious farce about intellectual elites and their egos on a private Greek Island. The high-paying guests, including a charming keynote speaker and a beautiful woman, find themselves in a series of misunderstandings and hijinks. Michael Frayn delivers witty dialogue and sharp observations on the nature of knowledge and power. If you're looking for a quick and enjoyable read that will make you laugh out loud, Skios is the perfect choice.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Skios

by Michael Frayn
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ISBN: 9781250032140
Author: Michael Frayn
Publisher: Picador USA
Date of Publication: 2013-05-28
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.09
(rated by 3867 readers)

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Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year

On the private Greek island of Skios, the high-paying guests of a world-renowned foundation prepare for the annual keynote address, to be given this year by Dr. Norman Wilfred, an aging and ponderous authority on the scientific organization of science. He turns out to be surprisingly youthful and charming, and everyone is soon eating out of his hand.

Meanwhile, in a remote villa at the other end of the island, the ravishing Georgie has agreed to spend a furtive horizontal weekend with a notorious schemer, who has characteristically failed to turn up. Trapped there with her instead is a pompous, balding individual called Dr. Norman Wilfred, who has lost his whereabouts, his luggage, and his temper--indeed, everything he possesses other than the text of a lecture on the scientific organization of science.

In a spiraling farce about upright academics, ambitious climbers, and dotty philanthropists, Michael Frayn, "the god of farce" (Entertainment Weekly), tells a story of personal and professional disintegration, probing his eternal theme of how we know what we know even as he delivers us to the outer limits of hilarity.


Author: Michael Frayn
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 257
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3pl
Publication Date: 28 May 2013
 

Academic farce on a Greek island - Skios.

Skios is a hilarious farce about intellectual elites and their egos on a private Greek Island. The high-paying guests, including a charming keynote speaker and a beautiful woman, find themselves in a series of misunderstandings and hijinks. Michael Frayn delivers witty dialogue and sharp observations on the nature of knowledge and power. If you're looking for a quick and enjoyable read that will make you laugh out loud, Skios is the perfect choice.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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