Often compared to English writer Nick Hornby, Michal Viewegh is a bestselling author and a good representation of what Czechs are reading today. He’s a prolific writer with over 20 titles to his name, but it’s his second book, The Blissful Years of Lousy Living, published in 1992, that it’s perhaps the most famous. A humorous look into the Communist era, the book was made into a film in 1997.