Rates of Exchange

Malcolm Bradbury

$24.99

Paperback

Forthcoming
Pre-Order now

QTY:

English

Picador
13 January 2026

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: Picador Collection

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 in the thorny thickets of sexual intrigue and love, while still finding time to see the major sites.

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1983, Rates of Exchange took Bradbury's satirical gifts to a new level.

Part of the Picador Collection, a series celebrating fifty years of Picador books and showcasing the best of modern literature.

By: Malcolm Bradbury
Imprint: Picador
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 207mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 242g
ISBN: 9781035086481
ISBN 10: 1035086484
Series: Picador Collection
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 13 January 2026
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Malcolm Bradbury was a well-known novelist, critic and academic, and founder of the creative writing department at the University of East Anglia. He was the author of seven novels, including The History Man and Rates of Exchange, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He was awarded a knighthood in 2000 and died the same year.

Reviews for Rates of Exchange

Rates of Exchange is a novel by a supremely confident writer . . . one of the most exciting, original and worthwhile novels to appear in Britain recently * New York Times * The work of a master not only of language and comedy but of feeling too * The Sunday Times *