Slaves to Fortune (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781642860467)

"Two men discover they share more than just a name in this Belgian bestseller from Flemish author Tom Lanoye." Kirkus Reviews
Two Belgian exiles, both called Tony Hanssen, are on the run from their former lives on different continents. In Buenos Aires one of the Tony Hanssens, a former cruise director, is playing a dangerous game as a toy boy to the elderly wife of a wealthy Chinese businessman. In South Africa a totally different Tony Hanssen, a computer specialist running from a crashed merchant bank, breaks into a game reserve with a precision rifle and war ammunition. Amid the chaos of global capitalism, lawlessness, and disintegrating lives, a chance meeting between the two Hanssens gives each the chance to redeem himself by betraying the other. This societal satire with a classic doppelganger motif tackles current topics such as the global financial crisis with scathing humor.

Author: Tom Lanoye
ISBN-10: 1642860468
ISBN-13: 9781642860467
Publisher: World Editions
Language: English
Published: 09/03/2019
Pages: 324
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2019

About the Author
Tom Lanoye is an award-winning Belgian novelist, poet, and playwright. He is the author of more than fifty works of poetry, drama, and fiction, and his work has been translated into fifteen languages. His bestseller Speechless was awarded several major awards and has been adapted for screen in 2017. Lanoye has won many literary prizes, including the prestigious Constantijn Huygens Prize for his entire oeuvre. Slaves to Fortune was shortlisted for both the Libris Literature Prize and the AKO Literature Prize, and sold over 50,000 copies in the Netherlands. A born performer, when not on stage he lives between Antwerp and Cape Town.