Rates of Exchange and Why come to Slaka?

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Rates of Exchange and Why come to Slaka?

Malcolm Bradbury

Picador, 2003

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Rates of Exchange originally published: London : Secker & Warburg, 1983

Why come to Slaka? originally published: London : Secker & Warburg, 1986

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  • Rates of Exchange
  • Why come to Slaka?

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Welcome to Slaka! A land of lake and forest, of beetroot and tractor, of cultural riches and bloody battlefields. Malcolm Bradbury's hilariously entertaining and witty novel, RATES OF EXCHANGE, introduces the small, eastern European country of Slaka. In less than two short weeks there, first-time visitor Dr Petworth manages to give a rather controversial lecture, get embroiled in the thorny thickets of sexual and domestic intrigues, fall in love, and still find time to see the main tourist attractions. In the wickedly funny satire WHY COME TO SLAKA? Malcolm Bradbury offers the would-be visitor, la Dr Petworth, a wealth of information about the Slakan state, its pageantry and politics, its people and public figures, as well as some essential Slakan phrases: 'American Express? That will do very nicely.'

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