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Follows two young Hungarian basketball players, Pataki and Gyuri, from the last years of World War II through the anti-Soviet uprising of 1956, as they search for food, lodging, and female companionship. Reprint.
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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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