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February 25, 2026
My Bags Are Big by Tibor Fischer review
Amusing oddballs populate a wise-cracking wheeler-dealer’s tale of leaving London for Dubai in search of loot and laughs
TL;DR
- The novel features Dan, a "crypto geezer" from south London now living in Dubai.
- Dan's narrative voice is irreverent, sardonic, and hyperbolic, driving the novel.
- The plot is thin, focusing on expat wheeler-dealers in Dubai.
- The story touches on themes of aging, mortality, and character immutability.
- The novel retains Fischer's signature jaunty voice and cynical, wisecracking comic sensibility.
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