{"product_id":"epitaphs-for-underdogs","title":"Epitaphs for Underdogs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A wonderful discovery' (Ian McEwan), this is a beguiling dystopian tale of a young man confronted with the truth about freedom. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a hot summer night, a young man sits in a dark cell in a Hungarian prison. The guards do not explain why he is here; he does not know if he will ever be released. But he is far from alone. Others, too, are trapped within the stone walls - singers and students, sages and spies. As the days pass, the man is drawn into their conversations and their lives, and soon becomes a witness to their sometimes outlandish acts of rebellion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in the early 1980s and inspired by Andrew Szepessy's own experiences, \u003ci\u003eEpitaphs for Underdogs\u003c\/i\u003e is a beguiling and exhilarating novel about power, justice and freedom, and about the solidarity that can be found in even the most unexpected places.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Beautiful... With its sense of the absurd, its laughter in the dark, it belongs in the great tradition of dystopian literature, with echoes of early Kundera and Nabokov'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIAN McEWAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39363674669139,"sku":"","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781529111231.jpg?v=1764412241","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/epitaphs-for-underdogs","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}