Under the Frog
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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.
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Under the Frog, Tibor Fischer
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- 1997
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- Title
- Under the Frog
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Tibor Fischer
- Publisher
- The New Press
- Released
- 1997
- Format
- Hardcover
- Category
- World prose, Contemporary Literary Fiction
- Description
- 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.