A European classic of comic literature brought back into print after 5 years of unavailability WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ADAM THIRLWELLThis ebullient, gallivanting novel encapsulates the world vision of the Czech Republic’s best-loved author in one tumbling, breathtaking sentence. Saints and sinners, emperors and embezzlers, barmaids and balalaikas all play their part in the bawdy reminiscences of Hrabal’s cobbler as he charms an audience of young beauties.
