Returning from years in a forced-labor unit, Ludvik Jahn plots to seduce the wife of the man responsible for his exile
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The Joke, Milan Kundera's first novel, of which Salman Rushdie wrote 'It is impossible to do justice here to the subtleties, comedy and wisdom of this very beautiful novel. The author of The Joke is clearly one of the best to be found anywhere.'
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