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Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize

''Good God, thought Oliver, as he saw the smile. She thinks I''m him! And all at once he knew it was so. He was Dr Norman Wilfred.''

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. The Foundation''s guests are soon eating out of his hand. So, even sooner, is Nikki, the attractive and efficient organiser.

Meanwhile, in a remote villa at the other end of the island, Nikki''s old school-friend Georgie waits for the notorious chancer she has rashly agreed to go on holiday with, and who has only too characteristically failed to turn up. Trapped in the villa with her, by an unfortunate chain of misadventure, is a balding old gent called Dr Norman Wilfred, who

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 4 April 2013
      ISBN-13 9780571281459
      978-0571281459
      ISBN-10 0571281451
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      Contemporary Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize

      ''Good God, thought Oliver, as he saw the smile. She thinks I''m him! And all at once he knew it was so. He was Dr Norman Wilfred.''

      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. The Foundation''s guests are soon eating out of his hand. So, even sooner, is Nikki, the attractive and efficient organiser.

      Meanwhile, in a remote villa at the other end of the island, Nikki''s old school-friend Georgie waits for the notorious chancer she has rashly agreed to go on holiday with, and who has only too characteristically failed to turn up. Trapped in the villa with her, by an unfortunate chain of misadventure, is a balding old gent called Dr Norman Wilfred, who

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