Under the Frog
A Novel
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ISBN10: 0312278713
ISBN13: 9780312278717
Trade Paperback
256 Pages
$19.00
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize
A New York Times Notable Book
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.
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Praise for Under the Frog
"A delicate, seriocomic treasure."—Salman Rushdie
"Brilliant . . . Under the Frog is fully a work of dynamic historical imagination. Fischer writes in a comic spirit of funky, horny alienation."—Larry Wolff, The New York Times Book Review
"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
