After visiting a prostitute at Mrs. Paradise's brothel, the narrator of this novel becomes obsessed with  decorating the prostitute's vagina with flowers. At the Hotel Tichota, this novel's narrator makes  acquaintance with the poet Tonda Jodl, who has authored a self-published book titled The Life of Jesus  Christ. In this
After visiting a prostitute at Mrs. Paradise's brothel, the narrator of this novel becomes obsessed with  decorating the prostitute's vagina with flowers. At the Hotel Tichota, this novel's narrator makes  acquaintance with the poet Tonda Jodl, who has authored a self-published book titled The Life of Jesus  Christ. In this novel, a complicated plan to bless a golden statue of the Infant Jesus results in a Bolivian delegation making off with the statue, and this work's narrator frequently brags about a medal with a  blue sash given to him by Haile Selassie. This novel's narrator, Ditie, marries a Nazi athlete at the outbreak of World War II, and is eventual y thrown into prison by the Soviets who nationalize the hotel he opens  after the war. For 10 points, identify this novel whose title refers to the reply given to the narrator's  question of how he knows what to do by the headwaiter Mr. Skrivanek, a work by Bohumil Hrabal.
After visiting a prostitute at Mrs. Paradise's brothel, the narrator of this novel becomes obsessed with  decorating the prostitute's vagina with flowers.