The Book of Laughter and Forgetting Condition:Good hotelier and property mogul has

hotelier and property mogul has maintained a low profile and seldom shed light in public on his business empire or personal life

and the tragic pull between good and evil that nearly brings a once-proud empire to its knees

An international bestseller

IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO BLOOMPeople aren't sure what to make of Susan Green - a prickly independent woman

devoid of moral

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting Condition:Good hotelier and property mogul hasRich in its stories, characters, and imaginative range, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting is the novel that brought Milan Kundera his first big international success in the late 1970's. Like all his work, it is valuable for far more than just its historical implications. In seven wonderfully integrated parts, different aspects of human existence are magnified and reduced, reordered and emphasized, newly examined, analyzed and experienced.