description: In the quiet cul-de-sac where Keith and Stephen live, the only immediate signs of the Second World War are the blackout at night and a single random bomb-site. But the two boys suspect that the ordinary houses in the Close and their inhabitants are not what they seem. As Keith, the leader, informs the trusting Stephen, the whole district is riddled with secret passages -- hideaways for any number of murderers, unsung war heroes, and secret agents. Then one day Keith announces that the Germans have infiltrated his own family....
language: English
title: Spies
titlecomplete: Spies
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, Mystery, British Literature, School, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, World War II
ratings_count: 5892
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Booker Prize
category: Longlist, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Whitbread Award
category: Novel, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize
category: Comic Fiction, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book in South Asia and Europe
publisher: Chivers Audio Books