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Rates of Exchange: AND Why Come to Slaka? by: Malcolm Bradbury List Price: £7.99 City Travel Guides Price: £5.99 You Save: £2.00 (25%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780330412896 ISBN: 0330412892 Label: Picador Manufacturer: Picador Number Of Pages: 464 Publication Date: May 16, 2003 Publisher: Picador Studio: Picador Sales Rank: 176071 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Synopsis: Welcome to Slaka! A land of lake and forest, of beetroot and tractor, of cultural riches and bloody battlefields. Malcolm Bradbury's hilariously entertaining and witty novel, RATES OF EXCHANGE, introduces the small, eastern European country of Slaka. In less than two short weeks there, first-time visitor Dr Petworth manages to give a rather controversial lecture, get embroiled in the thorny thickets of sexual and domestic intrigues, fall in love, and still find time to see the main tourist attractions. In the wickedly funny satire WHY COME TO SLAKA? Malcolm Bradbury offers the would-be visitor, a la Dr Petworth, a wealth of information about the Slakan state, its pageantry and politics, its people and public figures, as well as some essential Slakan phrases: 'American Express? That will do very nicely.' Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - I live in SlakaIt's a wonderful book. It reminds me of my country - Bulgaria which unfortunately has changed very little since the book has been first published in 1982. Today party aparatchiks are again ruling Bulgaria this time as businessmen and their sons and daughters are again in the government and in the Parliament. It is sad and at the same time very funny story. Sad, because I have seen all this and funny because everything that's far away looks somehow funny especially when it's written in such wonderful way. It is even sadder that in Slaka (Bulgaria) history is repeating itself. Rating: - Very funny and wonderful use of languageThis book made me laugh out loud several times. Petworth is on a cultural exchange visit to the Eastern European country of Slatka at a time of social unease. This is the story of his adventures and fumblings during his stay. Much of the humour is based on the use of language,and in particular the pidgin English used by the natives. A clever, moving, and very funny book, it was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in the early 80s. |
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