The Capital

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THE PRIZE-WINNING SATIRICAL BESTSELLER - MORE THAN 500,000 COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE<br><br>"I enjoyed The Capital so much . . . A major book" New York Times<br>"First-class satire" Guardian<br>"A deliciously vicious and timely satire" Financial Times<br>"Mischievous yet profound" Economist<br>"Thoroughly entertaining" Spectator<br>"[A] polyphonic EU satire" The Times<br><br>A "HOUSE OF CARDS" FOR THE EU <br><br>The Capital is a brilliantly entertaining satire, a crime story, a comedy of manners . . . and a wild pig chase. This is the tale of a continent, a city and its inhabitants as they navigate their way through the confusing tangle of 21st-century life. <br><br>*************************************<br>Brussels. A hive of tragic heroes, manipulative losers, involuntary accomplices. No wonder the European Commission is keen to improve its image.<br><br>The fiftieth anniversary of the European Commission approaches, and the Directorate-General for Culture is tasked with organising an appropriate celebration. When Fenia Xenopoulou's assistant comes up with a plan to put Auschwitz at the very centre of the jubilee, she is delighted. But she has neglected to take the other E.U. institutions into account.<br><br>Meanwhile the city is on the lookout for a runaway pig. And what about the farmers who take to the streets to protest against restrictions blocking the export of pigs to China?<br><br>**************************************<br>See what the critics are saying about The Capital:<br><br>"Omniscient" New York Times<br>"An exceptional work" Kirkus Reviews<br>"Deliciously witty" Metro<br>"Elegant . . . brilliantly constructed" Die Zeit <br>"Robert Menasse is pioneering the genre of Eurolit" Financial Times <br><br>WINNER OF THE GERMAN BOOK PRIZE<br><br>Translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780857058645

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

198 x 132 x 32 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Verlag / Hersteller

Quercus Publishing Plc