A Central European classic to be discovered and relished. Eva Hoffman

A stunning novel. Funny, nightmarish and jubilant. Liberation

"Although it took almost 40 years for Metropole to be translated into English, the book holds up well. In the same way that Kafka becomes relevant again every time you renew your driver's license, Karinthy captures that enduring, horrifying and exhilarating state of being at the mercy of an unfamiliar land." Jessa Crispin for NPR

I don t know when I ve read a more perfect novel-a dynamically helpless hero (in the line of Kafka),...