This is the very long story of Svejk, a soldier in WWI (who actually never comes close to the real front), who behaves very ignorant and incompetent and so is able to show us a critical view on Austria-Hungary at the time. It shows the pointlessness and futility of military discipline and is a real anti-war novel. Written in 1926, the way Hasek writes about and makes fun of the Jews with the knowledge we have now, is quite sobering. #1001books