I Served The King Of England

<p><b>'Our very best writer today' Milan Kundera</b></p><p><b>Ditie is a pint-sized hotel waiter with big dreams. </b></p><p>Between pocketing stolen change from unsuspecting customers and reminiscing on nights spent at the local brothel, he fantasises about his immense - and imagined - riches.</p><p>Then, ludicrously, Ditie’s dreams start to become reality. </p><p>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. </p><p><b>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. </b></p><p><b>WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ADAM THIRLWELL</b></p><p>‘An extraordinary and subtly tragicomic novel’ <Br><i><b>New York Times </b></i></p><p>‘Hrabal bounces and floats... with a gusting humour and a hushed tenderness of detail’ <Br><b>Julian Barnes </b></p><p>‘A joyful, picaresque story, which begins with Baron Munchausen-like adventures and ends in tears and solitude.’ <Br><b>James Wood </b></p>