Interesting nomination, fantasyfan!
My first nomination is
Spies by Michael Frayn. It won the Costa/Whitbread award for Novel of the Year in 2002. I've been interested in it for a long time, but I also just noticed when getting the info for this post that a previous participant in the lit club, HomeInMyShoes, rated it a perfect 5 stars. It's 240 pages and if you're buying, for a newer book the current Kindle prices aren't too bad ($8 US, £4 UK, $9 Canada).
Goodreads
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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 bombsite. But the two boys start to suspect all is not as it seems when one day Keith announces a disconcerting discovery: the Germans have infiltrated his own family. And when the secret underground world they have dreamed up emerges from the shadows they find themselves engulfed in mysteries far deeper and more painful than they had bargained for.
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