A Sailor of Austria: In Which, Without Really Intending to, Otto Prohaska Becomes Official War Hero No. 27 of the...
- ISBN-10
- 1590134680
- ISBN-13
- 9781590134689
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 379
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-09-01
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Author
- John Biggins
Description
In this ironic, hilarious, and poignant story, Otto Prohaska is a submarine captain serving the almost-landlocked Austro-Hungarian Empire. He faces a host of unlikely circumstances, from petrol poisoning to exploding lavatories to trigger-happy Turks. All signs point to the total collapse of the bloated empire he serves, but Otto refuses to abandon the Habsburgs in their hour of need.
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