The Porcupine

by JulianBarnes (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1992

  $4.52

  A novel about the most dramatic political downfall of our time - that of Eastern Europe. The author won the Prix Medicis with Flaubert's Parrot. He also wrote A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters and Metroland.

• Used

  Paperback
  1993

  $3.31

• New

  Paperback
  2009

  $11.66

  Stoyo Petkanov, the deposed Party leader of a former Soviet satellite country, is on trial. His adversary, the prosecutor general, stands for the new government's ideals and liberal certainties, and is attempting to ensnare Petkanov with the dictator's own totalitarian laws. But Petkanov is not beaten yet. He has been given his chance to fight back and he takes it with a vengeance, to the increasing discomfort and surprise of those around him. In this sharp, powerful novel Julian Barnes examines one for the most dramatic political downfalls of our times - that of Eastern Europe.