· In Headlong, Michael Frayn, "the master of what is seriously funny" (Anthony Burgess), offers a procession of superbly realized characters, from the country squire gone to seed to his giddy, oversexed young wife. All are burdened by human muddle and human cravings; all are searching for a moral compass as they grapple with greed, folly, and desire. Headlong by Michael Frayn – shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Whitbread Novel Award – is a comic thriller set in the world of fine art, where a young philosophy lecturer risks his wealth and his sanity in the pursuit of an elusive masterpiece. 5 in stock. . By MICHIKO KAKUTANI. HEADLONG. By Michael Frayn. pp. New York: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt Company. $ n one brightly colored canvas after .
The similarities Frayn is drawing between the poem, Bruegel's painting, and his protagonist seem to pop up in the most unlikely ways throughout the novel. Bruegel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus. An inset from the painting is featured on some covers of Michael Frayn's novel Headlong. Image c/o Wikimedia. Michael Frayn is an English playwright and novelist. He is best known as the author of the farce Noises Off and the dramas Copenhagen and bltadwin.ru novels, such as Towards the End of the Morning, Headlong and Spies, have also been critical and commercial successes, making him one of the handful of writers in the English language to succeed in both drama and prose fiction. Headlong (ISBN ) is a novel by Michael Frayn, published in The plot centres on the discovery of a long-lost painting from Pieter Bruegel's series The bltadwin.ru story is essentially a farce, but contains a large amount of scholarship about the bltadwin.ru distinguishes between the iconology and iconography of the paintings and suggests that rather than simply being a.
Michael Frayn's "Headlong" () turns alternately from comic novel to lively art history and back again. The novel is terrific, except for those repeated interruptions, and perhaps the same could be said for the art history, if art history were one's purpose for reading a novel. Headlong by Michael Frayn – shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Whitbread Novel Award – is a comic thriller set in the world of fine art, where a young philosophy lecturer risks his wealth and his sanity in the pursuit of an elusive masterpiece. We are temporarily unable to ship Faber Shop orders to addresses outside the UK. Headlong. by. Michael Frayn. · Rating details · 6, ratings · reviews. A young would-be art historian suddenly sees the chance of a lifetime: the opportunity to perform a great public service, and at the same time to make his professional reputation - perhaps even rather a lot of money as well.
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