FISCHER, TIBOR — Under the Frog

Penguin. 1993. Paperback with dust jacket, 17.5cm. Book, Under the Frog by Tibor Fischer is 250 crisp pp & less than 500g to post. 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. Excellent/None issued.