When it was originally written in 1974, and a limited number of samizdat copies were distributed.

Shortly after its limited release, typed by hand, Gruša was imprisoned on the charge of 'initiating disorder'.

[2] Following widespread protest and media attention, Gruša was released after serving two months in prison.

Jan Chrysostom Kepka is asked to complete a questionnaire for a job application, required by the faceless bureaucrat Comrade Pavlenda.

What follows is an ironic answer: a full and surreal account of Jan's life and times.