Under the Frog: A Black Comedy

Tibor Fischer. New Press, $11 (256pp) ISBN 978-1-56584-149-9

Fischer's debut novel, about two young men who escape Communist Hungary to live a carefree live of sex and unemployment while being part of a traveling basketball team, was a Booker finalist. (Apr.)

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