…but told with the verve and energy of a young man who wasn’t going to let the system get the better of him “The story of a childhood and youth spent under the shadow of discrimination and oppression in Communist-era Czechoslovakia, but told with the...
Gripping story about post war Central Europe. “Gripping story about an intelligent young man, observing with remarkable clarity the most unsettling and demoralizing political period in Central European history. Passionate and honest. Must...
Unusual, interesting, highly readable Real life, growing up in Prague after the Nazis and World War Two with indigenous Communists breathing down people’s necks – a fascinating, sadly true story…
