The Capital

THE PRIZE-WINNING SATIRICAL BESTSELLER - MORE THAN 500,000 COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE<BR><BR>"I enjoyed The Capital so much . . . A major book" New York Times<BR>"First-class satire" Guardian<BR>"A deliciously vicious and timely satire" Financial Times<BR>"Mischievous yet profound" Economist<BR>"Thoroughly entertaining" Spectator<BR>"[A] polyphonic EU satire" The Times<BR><BR>A "HOUSE OF CARDS" FOR THE EU <BR><BR>The Capital is a brilliantly entertaining satire, a crime story, a comedy of manners . . . and a wild pig chase. This is the tale of a continent, a city and its inhabitants as they navigate their way through the confusing tangle of 21st-century life. <BR><BR>*************************************<BR>Brussels. A hive of tragic heroes, manipulative losers, involuntary accomplices. No wonder the European Commission is keen to improve its image.<BR><BR>The fiftieth anniversary of the European Commission approaches, and the Directorate-General for Culture is tasked with organising an appropriate celebration. When Fenia Xenopoulou's assistant comes up with a plan to put Auschwitz at the very centre of the jubilee, she is delighted. But she has neglected to take the other E.U. institutions into account.<BR><BR>Meanwhile the city is on the lookout for a runaway pig. And what about the farmers who take to the streets to protest against restrictions blocking the export of pigs to China?<BR><BR>**************************************<BR>See what the critics are saying about The Capital:<BR><BR>"Omniscient" New York Times<BR>"An exceptional work" Kirkus Reviews<BR>"Deliciously witty" Metro<BR>"Elegant . . . brilliantly constructed" Die Zeit <BR>"Robert Menasse is pioneering the genre of Eurolit" Financial Times <BR><BR>WINNER OF THE GERMAN BOOK PRIZE<BR><BR>Translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch