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First novel of the author who has won the "Betty Trask Award", short-listed for the "Booker" and nominated "Granta's Best Young British Novelist".
Synopsis
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. This work tells the story of the two improbably heroes, Pataki and Gyuri, who travel the length and breadth of Hungary in a epic quest for food, lodging, and female companionship.