Slaka in the heyday of Communism is the setting for this satire, shortlisted for the 1983 Booker Prize. Dr Pentworth has been dispatched for his first lecture tour of Eastern Europe's most rigidly controlled country.
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A dark comedy masterpiece,
This review is from: Rates of Exchange (Hardcover)
The late Malcomb Bradbury was at the top of his game when he wrote this mordantly funny satire of cultural exchanges during the Cold War. His hero, Petworth, is a bland Everyman of a British academic with two weeks to spend behind the Iron Curtain. Bradbury's trademark wordplay, his brillant observations on socialist hypocrisy, and his heartbreaking insights into the foibles of human nature, make this a deeply rewarding novel. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
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