Winner of the Egon Hostovský Prize as the best Czech book of the year, this epic novel powerfully captures the sense of dislocation that followed the Czechs’ newfound freedom in 1989. More than just the story of its young protagonist—who is part businessman, part gang member, part drifter—it is a novel that includes terrifying dream scenes, Czech and American Indian legends, a nightmarish Eastern European flea market, comic scenes about the literary world, and an oddly tender story of the love between the protagonist and his spiritual sister.

Sending this to blackwidow1971, who picked it from the 1001 VBB! I hope you will like it more than I did!

I'm so sorry I forgot to post that this arrived safely. The little note inside made me laugh! I shall use it as a bookmark!