{"product_id":"9781529976472","title":"I Served The King Of England : Featuring an introduction by Adam Thirlwell","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Hrabal, Bohumil \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eClassic fiction (pre c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 16 April 2026 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage Classics) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e196 x 130 x 21 | 210g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Our very best writer today' Milan KunderaDitie is a pint-sized hotel waiter with big dreams. Between pocketing stolen change from unsuspecting customers and reminiscing on nights spent at the local brothel, he fantasises about his immense - and imagined - riches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, ludicrously, Ditie’s dreams start to become reality. Yet while his chaotic adventures lead him to ever more glamorous hotels, beyond the sparkling dining halls, the forces of twentieth-century European history march on. A whirlwind of comic genius, a gut-punch of narrative power, this is the story of one small man’s rise and fall – or fall and rise – against the shadowy backdrop of Europe’s darkest days. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ADAM THIRLWELL‘An extraordinary and subtly tragicomic novel’ New York Times ‘Hrabal bounces and floats... with a gusting humour and a hushed tenderness of detail’  Julian Barnes ‘A joyful, picaresque story, which begins with Baron Munchausen-like adventures and ends in tears and solitude.’ James Wood\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58179232596349,"sku":"9781529976472","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781529976472.jpg?v=1778955801","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.com\/products\/9781529976472","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}