Many of the humorous essays collected in this volume first appeared in the Guardian and the Observer newspapers over a three decade span, from the 1970s to the 1990s. Their common feature is Frayn's consideration of communication with inanimate and semi-inanimate objects.
- ISBN10 0413747603
- ISBN13 9780413747600
- Publish Date 8 June 2000
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 February 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Methuen Publishing Ltd
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 227
- Language English