num_pages: 234
description: There is very little evidence of the war where Keith and Stephen live. But the two friends suspect the inhabitants of The Close aren't what they seem. As Keith informs his trusting friend, the district is riddled with secret passages and underground labs.
language: English
title: Spies
titlecomplete: Spies
genres: British Literature, Historical, Mystery, World War II, Novels, War, School, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Fiction
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: Faber and Faber