Tibor Fischer is a British novelist and short story writer recognized among the best young British writers by Granta magazine. His work is deeply informed by his Hungarian heritage and his family's experiences, particularly evident in his debut novel which explores survival under a communist regime. Fischer's writing is characterized by a Rabelaisian spirit, delving into themes of identity and cultural collision. His engagement with the art world suggests a nuanced understanding of artistic expression.
Wildly entertaining and darkly funny, How to Rule the World is set in the world of factual TV making, in which Baxter Stone is driven by desperation and a lust for revenge on the self-appointed kings of taste and commissioning.
Using a friend's credit card and identity, Tyndale Corbett arrives in Miami to discover the joys of luxury hotels and above all the delight of being someone else, someone successful. Feeling his previous failure might be due to insufficient ambition, Tyndale decides on a new money-making scheme. He will up the ante exponentially, and pretend to be someone really important and successful: God. His mission to convince the citizenry of Miami that he is, despite appearances, the Supreme Being results in him taking over the Church of the Heavily Armed Christ. His duties there involve him in forming a private army, hiring call girls, trafficking coke, issuing death threats, beating off church-jackers and sorting out (as almightily as possible) various problems his parishioners are having with pets. All the while he is working on his grand project, the clincher miracle: dying and coming back to life...
Set against a backdrop of vibrant locales, the story follows Oceane, a reclusive graphic designer and former dancer, on a journey to confront her past. As she navigates from her South London apartment to the nightclubs of Barcelona and the battlefields of the Balkans, she sheds memories and seeks answers. With Tibor Fischer's signature sardonic humor, this novel offers a darkly comedic exploration of self-discovery, the complexities of human relationships, and the elusive nature of reality.
A dazzling collection of short fiction, containing stories published in New Writing and the TLS, as well as several new stories. The Novella 'I Like being Killed' takes the lid off the comedy scene in London, investigates where jokes come from and how you
The eighth volume in the British Council's "New Writing" series, which exists to promote the best in contemporary literature. This one features new writing from such people as Louis De Bernieres, Hanif Kureishi, Don Paterson, A.S. Byatt, William Boyd, Lana Citron, and Barry Unsworth.
The narrator of this novel is a 30th century BC clay pot which is being appraised by a woman art expert in England. The woman thinks it is a fake, which annoys the pot. It revenges itself by revealing the woman's lurid private life, in the process giving its unflattering opinion of humanity in general. By the author of The Thought Gang.
A skint, clapped-out British philosopher meets an incompetent, freshly released, one-armed, armed robber. Ferociously funny, Fischer combines an extravagant sense of humour with a flair for the grotesque in this heady follow-up to the Booker shortlisted Under the Frog.
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.