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Skios : a novel

On the sunlit Greek island of Skios, the Fred Toppler Foundation's annual lecture is to be given by Dr Norman Wilfred, the world-famous authority on the scientific organisation of science. He turns out to be surprisingly young and charming -- not at all the intimidating figure they had been expecting.

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  • "While foundation organizer Nikki falls for a charismatic speaker during a science retreat on a Greek island, her longtime friend, Georgie, finds her plans for a romantic weekend shattered by a temperamental scientist who has lost his senses."
  • ""Es beginnt mit einer Verwechslung auf dem Flughafen einer griechischen Ferieninsel: ein charmanter Hochstapler wird als Gastredner einer luxuriösen internationalen Stiftung begrüsst, während der rechte Ehrengast, der übliche seriöse und langweilige Wissenschaftler, auf derselben Inseln irgendwo in der Pampa landet"--P. [4] of cover."
  • "On the sunlit Greek island of Skios, the Fred Toppler Foundation's annual lecture is to be given by Dr Norman Wilfred, the world-famous authority on the scientific organisation of science. He turns out to be surprisingly young and charming -- not at all the intimidating figure they had been expecting."@en
  • "On the sunlit Greek island of Skios, the Fred Toppler Foundation's annual lecture is to be given by Dr Norman Wilfred, the world-famous authority on the scientific organisation of science. He turns out to be surprisingly young and charming -- not at all the intimidating figure they had been expecting."
  • "Persoonsverwisselingen op een Grieks eiland leiden tot hilarische situaties."
  • "Eine schwindelerregende Verwechslungskomödie: Auf einer Ferieninsel in Griechenland bereiten sich die Gäste einer amerikanischen Stiftung auf die Ankunft des diesjährigen Gastredners vor. Dr. Norman Wilfred, Autorität auf dem Gebiet der Szientometrie, erweist sich als erstaunlich jung und gutaussehend und ist alles andere als ein verknöcherter Gelehrter. Das findet insbesondere Nikki, die attraktive rechte Hand von Mrs. Toppler, der Mäzenin. Als Nikkis leichtsinnige Freundin Georgie auf einem anderen Teil der Insel auf einen kahlen, missmutigen und orientierungslosen Mann namens Dr. Norman Wilfred trifft, bricht der nackte Wahnsinn aus."
  • "The great master of farce turns to an exclusive island retreat for a comedy of mislaid identities, unruly passions, and demented, delicious disorder 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 eminent authority on the scientific organization of science. He turns out to be surprisingly youthful, handsome, and charming'quite unlike his reputation as dry and intimidating. Everyone is soon eating out of his hands. So, even sooner, is Nikki, the foundation's attractive and efficient organizer. Meanwhile, in a remote villa at the other end of the island, Nikki's old friend Georgie has rashly 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, his temper, and increasingly all sense of reality'indeed, everything he possesses other than the text of a well-traveled lecture on the scientific organization of science. In a spiraling farce about upright academics, gilded captains of industry, ambitious climbers, and dotty philanthropists, Michael Frayn, the farceur "by whom all others must be measured" (CurtainUp), 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."@en

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  • "Humorous fiction"
  • "English fiction"
  • "Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Online-Publikation"
  • "Anglické romány"
  • "Humoristické romány"
  • "Humorous novels"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Humorous stories"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"

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  • "Skios : roman"
  • "Skios a novel"
  • "Skios : a novel"@en
  • "Willkommen auf Skios : Roman"
  • "Skios : a novel"
  • "Bienvenue à Skios : roman"
  • "Skios"
  • "Skios"@en
  • "Bienvenue à Skios roman"
  • "Willkommen auf Skios Roman"

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