by Timur Vermes · MacLehose Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781529400571
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«The Hungry and the Fat» is Timur Vermes's political satire novel, published by MacLehose Press in paperback (400 pages, in English).
In the near future, Germany limits refugee intake and Europe closes its borders; millions wait in camps on the other side of the Sahara. Star Nadeche Hackenbusch visits the largest camp, and refugee Lionel organizes a march of 150,000 people towards Europe. The German government must take a stand.
Novel translated from German by Jamie Bulloch. Originally published in 2018; this English edition appeared in 2021.
For readers of political satire and contemporary fiction, interested in the refugee crisis and the role of the media.
Timur Vermes is a German writer. Previously a ghostwriter, his first novel Er ist wieder da, which has sold over a million copies in Germany, is a satire about Adolf Hitler and 21st-century Germany. The English version, Look Who's Back, was translated by Jamie Bulloch and published by MacLehose Press in April 2014. The paperback was released in March 2015.
