The Emperor (*) of Ethiopia presents a medal to an aspiring waiter who works for Mr. Skrivanek in one of this author's novels, which is partially set at the Golden Prague Hotel.
A novel by this author includes a comical scene in which the protagonist fails to have sex in a photography studio, which is promptly struck by a falling bomb, revealing a sign reading "finished in five minutes." The protagonist of a novel by this author discovers a briefcase full of stolen stamps in the rubble of a bombing that kills his Nazi girlfriend and sells it to build his own hotel in a quarry. In a novel by this author, a beer-loving man fills his home with intellectual books stolen from his job operating a hydraulic compactor, which he later uses to kill himself. The Emperor (*) of Ethiopia presents a medal to an aspiring waiter who works for Mr. Skrivanek in one of this author's novels, which is partially set at the Golden Prague Hotel. In a novel by this author, dispatcher Hubicka attempts to help the signalman Milos consummate his relationship with Masha, ending with Milos' death after sabotaging one of the title German conveyances carrying ammunition. For 10 points, name this prominent Czech author of Too Loud a Solitude, I Served the King of England, and Closely Watched Trains.
A novel by this author includes a comical scene in which the protagonist fails to have sex in a photography studio, which is promptly struck by a falling bomb, revealing a sign reading "finished in five minutes.
Bohumil Hrabal