Jaroslav Hasek\'s black satire, the inspiration for such works as Joseph Heller\'s Catch-22 Good-natured and garrulous, Svejk becomes the Austro-Hungarian army\'s most loyal Czech Soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of the First World War - although his bumbling attempts to get to the front serve only to prevent him from reaching it.
Playing cards, getting drunk and becoming a general nuisance, the resourceful Svejk uses all his natural cunning and genial subterfuge to d.
Jaroslav Hasek\'s black satire, the inspiration for such works as Joseph Heller\'s Catch-22 Good-natured and garrulous, Svejk becomes the Austro-Hungarian army\'s most loyal Czech Soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of the First World War - although his bumbling attempts to get to the front serve only to prevent him from reaching it
