Set in arguably the most interesting period of human history, the inter-war period, this is a scathing indictment of bureaucracy, borders, nationalism, capitalism, Bolshevism, wage-labour and even some home truths about the working-class in the aftermath of World War 1.

Really grim in parts but it's very funny.

B. Traven himself is so interesting. An anarchist involved in the German revolution who had to flee Germany as he was charged with high treason and eventually became lost and then found again, living Mexico to write about the Mexican revolution. A wonderful, if difficult life.

A fantastic piece of anarchist literature, I hope I can find more like this.