Under the Frog: A Black Comedy

The Thought Gang is a funny and tragic novel about pre-revolution Hungary — what it was like to live under communism, the small ways ordinary Hungarians expressed their political independence, and the impact of political events on day-to-day lives. "When he heard the news of Stalin's death, from the radio, Gyuri was shampooing his hair. Apart from experiencing an intense well-being, his first thought was whether the whole system would collapse in time for him not to have to take the exam in Marxism-Leninism he was due to sit the following week."