That Takes Bowels

Sometimes an author's biography is as interesting as his fiction. Such might be the case with Jaroslav Hasek (not Dominic, the goaltender), a Czech author from the early twentieth century. A friend gave me a nice biography about him. It's called The Bad Bohemian. Hasek's style reminds me a little bit of my own. He employs hyperbole to great effect. From what his biography had to say, it came naturally to him. Hasek's exploits are among the wildest I've ever heard of from a writer. They include impersonating a police officer to arrest a critic and defecating on the steps of a town hall. The Czech authorities must have had great respect for his talent to let him get away with such misbehaviour. I'm looking forward to reading his masterpiece, The Good Soldier Svejk. I'm sure it will be a laugh.
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