Under the Frog
by Fischer, Tibor
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Pueblo, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: New Press. Very Good. 1994. First American Edition; First Printing. Softcover. An Uncorrected Proof in white wrappers. A small stain to the bottom of the page edges, and minor soiling. Features 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. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. ; New Press International Fiction Series; 250 pages .
Synopsis
Under the Frog is British-born Hungarian writer Tibor Fischer's debut novel. It was published in the United Kingdom in 1992. The book won the Betty Trask Award in 1993 and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The novel is a black comedy set in Hungary in the years immediately following the end of World War II and culminates in the 1956 uprising.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bungalow Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11607
- Title
- Under the Frog
- Author
- Fischer, Tibor
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- New Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Basketball players; Fiction.; Young men; Fiction.; Hungary; Fiction.; , Basketball stories., Tibor Fischer, FIRST Edition, Uncorrected Proof
Terms of Sale
Bungalow Books, ABAA
Any item may be returned in original condition for any reason within a reasonable period and payment will be refunded.
About the Seller
Bungalow Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2009
Pueblo, Colorado
About Bungalow Books, ABAA
We are a family owned bookstore, with an emphasis on crime fiction, and signed books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of American (ABAA), and the Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (RMABA), and we exhibit regularly at book fairs.
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- Uncorrected Proof
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