Under the Frog
Shortlisted for the Booker prize
Published on 5. April 2018
256 pages
978-1-4721-5366-1 (ISBN)
Description
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Under the Frog follows the adventures of two young Hungarian basketball players through the turbulent years between the end of World War II and the anti-Soviet uprising of 1956. In this spirited indictment of totalitarianism, the two improbable heroes, Pataki and Gyuri, travel the length and breadth of Hungary in an epic quest for food, lodging, and female companionship.
Praise for Under the Frog:
'A delicate, seriocomic treasure' ?Salman Rushdie
'Ferociously funny, bitterly sad, and perfectly paced' ?A.S. Byatt
Praise for Under the Frog:
'A delicate, seriocomic treasure' ?Salman Rushdie
'Ferociously funny, bitterly sad, and perfectly paced' ?A.S. Byatt
More details
Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition type
Digital original
File size
0,76 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4721-5366-1 (9781472153661)
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Person
The son of Hungarian refugees, Tibor Fischer was born in Stockport in 1959. His first novel, Under the Frog was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1993. He is the author of four other novels, The Thought Gang, The Collector Collector, Voyage to the End of the Room and Good to be God as well as a collection of short stories Don't Read This Book If You're Stupid.
A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, his work has been published in twenty-five languages.
A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, his work has been published in twenty-five languages.
