Skios is a humorous book about a conference in a posh hotel on a Greek island. Written in 2012 by Michael Frayn the book starts off with Doctor Norman Wilfred on a plane. Hired to give speeches all over the world, Norman has learned the hard way to keep a copy of the speech in his carry on bag. His talk is on scientometrics. He is known as a dry speaker with no humor and an unfriendly personality. Nikki is the organizer of the conference and she goes to pick him up at the airport. Once there a young blond man walks up to her. She asks if he is Dr. Norman Wilfred and he answers, "I cannot lie." So Nikki thinks it's him. This young guy is pretending to be Norman. Norman, whose luggage was taken by someone else ends up at the house the young guy is supposed to be. This part is somewhat unbelievable because in the day of google images, Nikki shouldn't have been fooled. Why the young guy wanted to pretend to be someone else is never explained. By the time Norman gets to the conference a full day has passed. His imitator has charmed everyone at the conference and no one believes Norman when he tells them who he is. I did enjoy the descriptions of the luxurious hotel and beautiful scenery.