The Hungry and the Fat - A bold new satire by the author of LOOK WHO'S BACK

Zusatztext Vermes' v ery readable satire cuts close to the bone in its take on what continues to be the defining issue in German politics today. Informationen zum Autor Timur Vermes is the son of a German mother and a Hungarian father who fled the country in 1956, Vermes was born in Nuremberg in 1967. He studied history and politics and went on to become a journalist. He has written for the Abendzeitung and the Cologne Express and worked for various magazines. He has ghostwritten several books since 2007. He is the author of Look Who's Back, an international bestseller that was made into a movie by Netflix. ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR: Jamie Bulloch's translations include Ruth Maier's Diary, Portrait of a Mother as a Young Women by F. C. Delius, and novels by Paulus Hochgatterer and Daniel Glattauer. Klappentext A young refugee organises a march from the migrant camps to Europe with maximum media visibility due to the involvement of a German model and reality TV personality, obstructed by government bewilderment and the rallying of the far right. Translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch. By the author of LOOK WHO'S BACK, a radical and bold satire in inequitable times. Zusammenfassung By the author of LOOK WHO'S BACK, a radical and bold satire in inequitable times.

Product details

• Authors: Timur Vermes
• Assisted by: Jamie Bulloch (Translation)
• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781529400557
• ISBN: 978-1-5294-0055-7
• No. of pages: 576
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 218 mm x 46 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Germany, FICTION / Satire, Fiction in translation, FICTION / Humorous / Black Humor, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Refugees, Refugees & Political Asylum