Author(s): Timur Vermes

Fiction

By the author of LOOK WHO'S BACK, a radical and bold satire in inequitable times.

"Whizz-bang energy and gleeful imaginative savagery" Sam Leith, Guardian

"More than mere satire, it's a book that engages deeply" Alex Preston, Financial Times

"An immensely enjoyable read" Daniel Hahn, Spectator

"Satirical, sharp, believable . . . Brilliant" Rick O'Shea, RTE


REFUGEE CAMPS IN AFRICA ARE SWELLING

And Europe has closed its borders. The refugees have no future, no hope, and no money to pay the vast sums now demanded by people smugglers. The only thing they have is time.

AND THEN AN ANGEL ARRIVES FROM REALITY T.V.

When model and star presenter Nadeche Hackenbusch comes to film at the largest of the camps, one young refugee sees a unique opportunity: to organise a march to Europe, in full view of the media. Viewers are gripped as the vast convoy moves closer, but the far right in Germany is regrouping and the government is at a loss. Which country will halt the refugees in their tracks?

THE HUNGRY AND THE FAT

A devastating, close-to-the-knuckle satire about the haves and have-nots in our divided world by one of Europe's finest and most perceptive writers.

Translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch

CONSTANT READER STAFF REVIEW: JAY

Timur Vermes returns with another completely subversive black comedy. For those who loved Timur’s best seller ‘Look Who’s Back’, a completely politically incorrect look at Hitler waking up from his suicide in modern day Germany to become a media phenomenon, ‘The Hungry and the Fat’ doesn’t disappoint.

Nadeche Hackenbusch is a shallow media personality that we are all to commonly aware of these days. In the pursuit of further ratings she takes off to one of the largest refugee camps in the world and sparks a revolution, causing the whole camp of millions to up sticks and move to Europe.

Great satire that pulls all off its themes straight from the headlines, this is a book that will make you laugh out loud while at the same making you cringingly uncomfortable.