Now You Know

Michael Frayn. Penguin Books, $9.95 (288pp) ISBN 978-0-14-023235-6

Frayn's wicked but unconvincing satire of the British Civil Service centers on the unscrupulous, womanizing director of an agency that publicizes embarrassing stories about the British government. (Feb.)

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