Under the Frog
by Tibor Fischer
Winner Betty Trask award 1992 Shortlisted for Booker Prize 1993 Set in post-war Hungary between 1944 and 1956, this ferociously funny and bitterly sad story follows the fortunes of two young men in the pursuit of sex and the avoidance of work and army service. They survive the chaos of communism by becoming part of a travelling basketball team.