{"product_id":"2026200008824-secondhand-the-good-soldier-schweik","title":"The Good Soldier Schweik","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cornerstone of Czech literature and one of the great satirical novels of the twentieth century, The Good Soldier Schweik chronicles the misadventures of Josef Schweik, a bumbling yet oddly cunning dog-trader from Prague who is conscripted into the Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War. Hašek presents a wickedly funny and razor-sharp critique of military bureaucracy, institutional absurdity, and blind obedience, told through a relentless parade of comic encounters and hapless authority figures. The novel's genius lies in its deceptively simple hero — Schweik's cheerful incompetence and endless anecdotes disarm everyone around him, leaving readers to wonder whether he is a genuine fool or the cleverest man in the room. Unfinished at the time of Hašek's death in 1923, the work nonetheless stands as a monumental anti-war statement, drawing comparisons to Catch-22 for its irreverent, laugh-out-loud dissection of the machinery of war.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956418425051,"sku":"2026200008824-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/dabc036d-474c-4a1d-acb3-c71f22675bc6.png?v=1783500798","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200008824-secondhand-the-good-soldier-schweik","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}