Rates of Exchange, 9781035086481
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Eastern Europe, sexual intrigue, and a clueless academic collide in Slaka!
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Rates of Exchange

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    9 February 2026

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Summary

Slaka! Land of lake and forest, of beetroot and tractor. Slaka! Land whose borders are sometimes here, often further north, and sometimes not at all!

Dr Petworth is on a cultural exchange to the small (and fictional) Eastern European country of Slaka. Pallid and middle-aged, Dr Petworth might appear stuffy, but during his short stay he manages to embroil himself in the thorny thickets of sexual intrigue and love, while still finding time to see the major sites.

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Book Details

ISBN-13:9781035086481
ISBN-10:1035086484
Author:Malcolm Bradbury
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Imprint:Picador
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:9 February 2026
Weight:242g
Dimensions:207mm x 132mm x 22mm
Series:Picador Collection
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Critics Review

Rates of Exchange is a novel by a supremely confident writer … one of the most exciting, original and worthwhile novels to appear in Britain recently * New York Times *The work of a master not only of language and comedy but of feeling too * The Sunday Times *

About The Author

Malcolm Bradbury

Malcolm Bradbury was a well-known novelist, critic and academic, and founder of the creative writing department at the University of East Anglia. He was the author of seven novels, including The History Man and Rates of Exchange, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He was awarded a knighthood in 2000 and died the same year.

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