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Rates of Exchange
Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Slaka! Land of lake and forest, of beetroot and tractor. Slaka! Land whose borders are sometimes here, often further north, and sometimes not at all!
Dr Petworth is on a cultural exchange to the small (and fictional) Eastern European country of Slaka. Pallid and middle-aged, Dr Petworth might appear stuffy, but during his short stay he manages to embroil himself...
Details
256 pages
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
'Explosively funny' Daily Telegraph
‘The work of a master not only of language and comedy, but of feeling too’ Claire Tomalin
'A satirist of great assurance and accomplishment.' Observer