A collection of politically incorrect stories by a screenwriter and advertising copywriter.

Literary fiction

Ondřej Hübl has written a work of fiction, but one about real-life figures from the Czech theatre scene and ordinary Prague hipsters pursuing the attractions of a truly cool lifestyle. A well-known opera singer and director gets unhappily entangled in international business and politics because he “butchers” Wagner. The life of an African boy adopted at a distance by a childless couple is put at risk, and Brussels is to blame for it all. The famed Dejvice Theatre has not received funding, so the ensemble and its director Miroslav Krobot begin selling pots and pans on the sly. The disconcerting dual nature of the characters, black humour, and the reader’s sense that all this could very well happen, make this debut work a promise of things to come. Hübl is a great observer with an ear for the dialogue of members of different social classes – above all, however, he is unafraid and has an excellent sense of humour.

Ondřej Hübl (1976) is a copywriter, prose writer, scriptwriter and creative director. He is the author and co-author of many successful advertising campaigns for major brands. Based on the short story “Divotvorné hrnce” (Miracle-working Pots), which is part of his debut short-story collection Hod mrtvou labutí, he also wrote the television series Zkáza Dejvického divadla (The Downfall of the Dejvice Theatre) along with the director Miroslav Krobot.