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Skios by Michael Frayn - 4* - My Review

Set on the fictional Greek island of Skios, this is a comedy of errors based on multiple cases of mistaken identities. The basic set up involves Oliver Fox, a British comedian and performance artist, deciding on a whim to impersonate the brilliant social scientist Dr. Wilfred Norman, who arrives on the same flight and is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the Toppler Foundation’s annual conference. Oliver is motivated by the adrenaline rush he gets from the risks associated with assuming someone else’s identity and trying to get away with it. From there it spirals into multiple meetings among friends and other characters who are, at first, presumed to be someone they are not. It is laugh-out-loud-funny in places. If you enjoy absurdist humor, give this one a try. I thought about giving it five stars, but the ending is so outrageous that I couldn’t quite do it. Still, it is a fun and enjoyable read. I highly recommend the audiobook, brilliantly performed by Robin Sachs.

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You got me Joy, I just ordered it.

I hope you like it as much as I did, JoAnne!