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The Republic of whores : a fragment from the time of the cults / Josef Škvorecký ; translated from the Czech by Paul Wilson.
LIBRA - Special PG5038.S527 T313 1993
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Škvorecký, Josef, 1924-2012.
- Standardized Title:
- Tankový prapor. English
- Language:
- Czech
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Czechoslovakia--Fiction.
- Czechoslovakia.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Humorous fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Hopewell, N.J. : Ecco Press, [1993]
- Summary:
- In 1971, on a Czech army base, recruits refuse to attend communist indoctrination classes. Leading the revolt is Danny Smiricky, a tank commander with a PhD in philosophy. A tale full of black humor by the author of The Engineer of Human Souls.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Škvorecký, Josef. Tankový prapor. English. Republic of whores.
- ISBN:
- 0880013710
- 9780880013710
- OCLC:
- 30355005
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