 His prose has also been translated into Dutch, Hebrew, Polish, Hungarian, Bulgarian, German, Lithuanian and Estonian.His comic novel "Russian Service" (1983) about an émigré broadcaster, scared of poison umbrellas, as well as many of his short stories have been adapted for radio; his novel "The Mushroom Picker" was made into a film by BBC TV (1993).His short comic opera "Here Comes the Tiger" was staged by Lyric Hammersmith theatre in London (1999).