{"product_id":"the-hungry-and-the-fat-timur-vermes-9781529400571-timur-vermes-9781529400571","title":"The Hungry and the Fat","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy the author of LOOK WHO'S BACK, a radical and bold satire in inequitable times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Whizz-bang energy and gleeful imaginative savagery\" Sam Leith, Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"More than mere satire, it's a book that engages deeply\" Alex Preston, Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"An immensely enjoyable read\" Daniel Hahn, Spectator\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A caustic, clever satire with a powerful emotional core\" Becky Long, Irish Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Satirical, sharp, believable . . . Brilliant\" Rick O'Shea, RTE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eREFUGEE CAMPS IN AFRICA ARE SWELLING\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAND THEN AN ANGEL ARRIVES FROM REALITY T.V.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen 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? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTHE HUNGRY AND THE FAT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the German by Jamie Bulloch\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Timur Vermes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43176095777011,"sku":"9781529400571","price":32.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781529400571.jpg?v=1662082116","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-hungry-and-the-fat-timur-vermes-9781529400571-timur-vermes-9781529400571","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}