Motor Boating: A Practical Handbook Book

Jaroslav Hasek joined the Czech Anarchist party in the morning, bartered the party bicycle for booze by lunchtime, and was kicked out before teatime. The son of an alcoholic schoolmaster and lifelong prankster, his last words were, after being refused cognac on his deathbed, 'but you're cheating me.' He was unprincipled, ruthless, and a comic genius. This book looks at the life of the man who gave the world The Good Soldier Svejk with candour and an admirable knack of bringing his natural haunts to life.