by Tibor Fischer · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780749395506
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«The Thought Gang» is Tibor Fischer's black comedy novel, published by Vintage in paperback (311 pages, in English).
An alcoholic philosopher who flees his English professorship after a scandal teams up with a one-armed French thief to rob banks across Europe. Between heists, the two discuss a hilarious history of Western philosophy and search for the meaning of life with unmistakable black humour.
The Thought Gang is Tibor Fischer's second novel; his previous work, Under the Frog, won the Betty Trask Award and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The first edition was published in 1994.
Recommended for readers of black comedy and literary fiction with an interest in philosophy and acid humour.
Tibor Fischer is a British novelist and short-story writer. In 1993, he was selected by the literary magazine Granta as one of the 20 best young British writers, while his novel Under the Frog was featured on the Booker Prize shortlist.
