Under the Frog: A Black Comedy - Softcover

Fischer, Tibor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0805052453 ISBN 13: 9780805052459

Publisher: Henry Holt & Co, 1997

Synopsis

Follows two young Hungarian basketball players from the last years of World War II through the anti-Soviet uprising of 1956

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Review:

" A delicate, seriocomic treasure." -- Salman Rushdie
" Ferociously funny, bitterly sad, and perfectly paced." -- A.S. Byatt
"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."-- The Nation
“A delicate, seriocomic treasure.”—Salman Rushdie
“Ferociously funny, bitterly sad, and perfectly paced.” —A.S. Byatt
"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."—The Nation
"A delicate, seriocomic treasure."--Salman Rushdie

"Ferociously funny, bitterly sad, and perfectly paced." --A.S. Byatt

"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."--The Nation

A delicate, seriocomic treasure. "Salman Rushdie"

Ferociously funny, bitterly sad, and perfectly paced. "A.S. Byatt"

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. "The Nation""

"A delicate, seriocomic treasure." --Salman Rushdie

"Ferociously funny, bitterly sad, and perfectly paced." --A.S. Byatt

"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." --The Nation

Book Description:

A tragicomic picaresque about two basketball players travelling through war-torn Hungary in pursuit of food, sex and adventure.

About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0805052453
• ISBN 13: 9780805052459
• Binding: Paperback