Rates of Exchange and Why Come to Slaka?

By Malcolm Bradbury

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0330412892
• ISBN13: 9780330412896
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Picador
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 1.1" x 5.1"

Customer Reviews

A dark comedy masterpiece

The late Malcomb Bradbury was at the top of his game when he wrote this mordantly funny satire of cultural exchanges during the Cold War. His hero, Petworth, is a bland Everyman of a British academic with two weeks to spend behind the Iron Curtain. Bradbury's trademark wordplay, his brillant observations on socialist hypocrisy, and his heartbreaking insights into the foibles of human nature, make this a deeply rewarding novel. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.