{"product_id":"the-thought-gang-9781565842861","title":"The Thought Gang","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTibor Fischer's first novel \u003ci\u003eUnder the Frog\u003c\/i\u003e was one of the most widely praised books in England in 1993. That book followed the fortunes of two young men in the pursuit of sex and the avoidance of work as part of a traveling basketball team in the Hungary of the 1950s, and everyone from Salman Rushdie to A.S. Byatt responded with unbridled enthusiasm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow comes his eagerly awaited follow-up, another hilarious chronicle of an unusual dynamic duo—this time chasing after something quite different—and the London papers are even more enthusiastic. \u003ci\u003eThe Thought Gang\u003c\/i\u003e is an unabashedly comic novel of ideas and uncertainty. It is a philosophical novel (or perhaps just a novel about a philosopher). It is also an unusually cinematic novel. As the \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003esaid, \"There are novels which are crying out so loudly to be made into films that you cannot read them without a cinematic version taking shape in your mind, frame by frame, as you turn the pages. Tibor Fischer' \u003ci\u003eThe Thought Gang\u003c\/i\u003eis one of them.\" Perhaps it could best be described as Quentin Tarantino's \u003ci\u003ePulp Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e crossed with Woody Allen's classic comedy \u003ci\u003eLove and Death\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe setting is France; our hero, a washed-up middle-aged British philosopher named Eddie Coffin. Broke and unsure as to his next meal, he meets Hubert, an incompetent, freshly released, one-armed robber, and the \"thought gang\" is born. Applying philosophy to larceny, these unlikely bandits question the meaning of life, the value of money, and the role of banks as they wind their way from Montpellier to Toulon in search of the greatest heist in history. Unexpected and volatile, \u003ci\u003eThe Thought Gang\u003c\/i\u003e is the hilarious and thought-provoking story of their travails.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Tibor Fischer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48284373287163,"sku":"9781565842861","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_d75bd0f9-7dac-4b5a-b6b2-141b36bce5ef.jpg?v=1771410333","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-thought-gang-9781565842861","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}