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I Served the King of England

I Served the King of England( )
Author: Hrabal, Bohumil
Translator: Wilson, Paul
Series title:New Directions Classic Ser.
ISBN:978-0-8112-1687-6
Publication Date:May 2007
Publisher:New Directions Publishing Corporation
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $17.95
Book Description:

In a comic masterpiece following the misadventures of a simple but hugely ambitious waiter in pre-World War II Prague, who rises to wealth only to lose everything with the onset of Communism, Bohumil Hrabal takes us on a tremendously funny and satirical trip through 20th-century Czechoslovakia.

Book Details
Pages:256
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Historical / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.3 x 8.1 x 0.8 Inches
Book Weight:0.594 Pounds
Author Biography
Hrabal, Bohumil (Author)
Hrabal worked as a lawyer, clerk, railwayman, traveling salesman, steelworker, and laborer before turning to literature in 1962. In his tragic-comic novels and short stories he concentrates on the everyday lives of ordinary people. Thomas Lask says, "Hrabal shows an offbeat, original mind, a fey imagination and a sure hand in constructing his tales" (N.Y. Times Bk. Review). Hrabal's novel Closely Watched Trains (1965) was made into an internationally successful movie.

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