This is another English edition of Hašek's great unfinished comic novel of the First World War. Josef Švejk, a good-natured dog dealer in Prague, is called up into the Austro-Hungarian army and meets officers, chaplains, police informers and bureaucrats. His cheerful, over-literal obedience and endless anecdotes leave everyone around him baffled and exasperated. Beneath the farce lies a sharp mockery of militarism, empire and officialdom, which has made the book a classic of anti-war satire.