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Book: What book would you like to see made into a movie?
Submitted by Felipe Anuel.
The Thought Gang. It's about an alcoholic philosohper who is forced out of his teaching position due to an ugly scandal, so he takes up the next logical career move: bank robbing. He partners up with a one-armed theif named Hubert, and they head off . Tibor Fischer is a genius, this book is hyper intellectual while simultaneously being incredibly low-brow. It is hilarious.
The first sentence, which is what sold me on this book: "The only advice I can offer, should you wake up vertiginously in a strange flat, with a thoroughly installed hangover, without any of your clothing, without any recollection of how you got there, with the police sledgehammering down the door to the accompaniment of excited dogs, while you are surrounded by bales of lavishly-produced magazines featuring children in adult acts, the only advice I can offer is to try be good-humoured and polite."
His first novel, Under the Frog, would be another good choice. It's about a travelling basketball team in Communist Hungary. Also hilarious.
