num_pages: 256
description: 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.
language: English
title: Under the Frog
titlecomplete: Under the Frog
genres: Hungary, Historical Fiction, Historical, Hungarian Literature, Novels, British Literature, War, Fiction, Contemporary, Humor
ratings_count: 1924
places: Hungary
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Betty Trask Award
publisher: Picador