Speak After the Beep
Studies in the art of communicating with inanimate and semi-animate objects
Michael Frayn
"Frayn's book is a joy" (Ned Sherrin, Evening Standard); "Frayn recently made a welcome return to the Guardian and people like me ... will welcome the resulting slim volume of reprinted pieces, Speak After the Beep" (Richard Ingrams, S
"His sense of detail, his ear for tone, his eye for a cliché is so unerring, that this is funny in itself...Speak After the Beep is that rare thing, a collection of articles which work cumulatively" (Sean French, The Times)
"Frayn recently made a welcome return to the Guardian and people like me...will welcome the resulting slim volume of reprinted pieces, Speak After the Beep" (Richard Ingrams, Spectator); "Frayn's book is a joy" (Ned Sherrin, Evening Standard)
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About Michael Frayn Michael Frayn was born in 1933 in the suburbs of London and began his career as a reporter on the Guardian, before becoming a columnist. His novels include The Tin Men, The Russian Interpreter, Towards the End of Morning and The Trick of It. He has written a number of plays for television and the stage, including translations of Chekhov and smash hits such as his screenplay Clockwise and his plays Donkeys' Years, Noises Off, Alarms and Excursions and Copenhagen.
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