Milan Kundera says of Hrabal that he “embodies as no other the fascinating Prague. He couples people’s humor to baroque imagination.” Hrabal’s work has been translated into twenty-seven languages. His most popular novels include Closely Watched Trains and I Served the King of England. Harlequin’s Millions is set in a home for the elderly, full of eccentric characters reminiscing about their lives and their changing country. The central characters are as playful as they are stubborn and melancholy, forever gazing back into their personal and collective history with transcendent wonder.