The Good Soldier Svejk (Penguin Classics)

Jaroslav Hasek

Jaroslav Hasek's black satire, the inspiration for such works as Joseph Heller's Catch-22 Good-natured and garrulous, Svejk becomes the Austro-Hungarian army's most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of the First World War - although his bumbling attempts to get to the front serve ...