I Served the King of England by Bohumil Hrabal - Episode 6

Feeling Bookish Podcast

English - October 20, 2018 13:46 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
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This week it's Hrabal's classic 1975 novel "I Served the King of England." It's earthy, bawdy, hilarious and wise. Roman and I talk Soldier Švejk, the glory of pub talk and coffee and cigarettes with Thomas Pynchon and Samuel Beckett.