Tibor Fischer was born in Stockport in 1959 of Hungarian parents. Brought up in South London, where he now lives, he was educated at Cambridge and worked as a journalist. He was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for his first novel, Under the Frog, which also won the Betty Trask Award, and he was nominated as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists.
Side-splittingly funny...Conrad with jokes * Sunday Times * A delicate serio-comic treasure -- Salman Rushdie Barking mad, but brilliant * FHM * Fischer writes sparking, taut, highly energetic prose. Fischer's wit and ironic verve keep you turning the page * Scotsman * A dazzling collage of dark comedy laced with metaphysics from an author whose mind fires like popcorn in the microwave-a book that achieves the rare feat of being both thought-provoking and fun * Arena *