I Served the King of England

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Bohumil Hrabal, Adam Thirlwell: I Served the King of England (2009, Penguin Random House)

288 pages

English language

Published Nov. 4, 2009 by Penguin Random House.

ISBN:
978-0-09-954093-9
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Sparkling with comic genius and narrative exuberance, I Served the King of England is a story of how the unbelievable came true. Its remarkable hero, Ditie, is a hotel waiter who rises to become a millionaire and then loses it all again against the backdrop of events in Prague from the German invasion to the victory of Communism. Ditie's fantastic journey intertwines the political and the personal in a narrative that both enlightens and entertains.

2 editions

Subjects

  • Fiction, historical
  • Czechoslovakia, fiction