Octavo. 56pp. Published before Havel became President of Czechoslovakia in 1989, the play reflects Havel's own position as a writer and political dissident. His protagonist, Leopold Nettles, grapples with the same oppressive forces of surveillance and censorship, structures of power which by their intensity reveal the subversiveness of literature. Havel had dedicated the play to Stoppard, who here serves as translator. Bound in black paper over boards. slight bumps to lower corners, else near fine in crisp, fine dust wrapper. As timely as ever.