Under the Frog: A Novel

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Shortlisted for the Booker Prize

Tibor Fischer's brilliant and hilarious first novel follows the fortunes and picaresque 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.

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Overview

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize

Tibor Fischer's brilliant and hilarious first novel follows the fortunes and picaresque 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.

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Editorial Reviews

A.S. Byatt
Ferociously funny, bitterly sad, and perfectly paced.
Larry Wolff
Brilliant...Under the Frog is fully a work of dynamic historical imagination. Fischer writes in a comic spirit of funky, horny alienation. —The New York Times Book Review
Nation
An audacious act of creativity....Of all the young novelists working today, Tibor Fischer may be the most adept at taking chances in his work.
Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly
Fischer's debut novel, about two young men who escape Communist Hungary to live a carefree live of sex and unemployment while being part of a traveling basketball team, was a Booker finalist. (Apr.)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780805052459
  • Publisher: Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.
  • Publication date: 5/15/1997
  • Edition description: REPRINT
  • Pages: 256
  • Product dimensions: 5.50 (w) x 8.34 (h) x 0.71 (d)

Meet the Author

Tibor Fischer was born in Stockport, England, in 1959. He is the author of three novels, Under the Frog (a Booker Prize finalist), The Thought Gang, and The Collector Collector. Don’t Read This Book if You’re Stupid is his first collection of stories. He lives in London
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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 1, 2001

    Modern Catch-22

    This book, like all of Fischer's writings, possess a rare quality not often found in today's literature. First of all, they are well written with decent English. The story at first seems quite light and then you are smashed by the reality of communist oppression and its affects on people. Fischer paints a wonderful picture amid a twisting tail. Must read.

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    Posted October 27, 2008

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