The cheat
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Karel C apek, tr. by M. and R. Weatherall.
Contributors: Weatherall, M. 1897-; Weatherall, R. 1899-
Publisher: Allen
Published: 1941
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
Description: Last and unfinished work of the author, which deals with a man who wanted to be recognized as an artist, a musician, and a composer of at least one opera. Beda Foltyn is described in 14 chapters by those who knew him. He comes across as a self-centered and self-indulgent individual who is somewhat of a despicable poseur--a phony. Nonetheless, the book ends "like a fugue to the glory of God's creation and of man's true art."
Notes: "First published in English in 1941.

"Translated from the Czech original Z ivor [!] a dilo skladatele folty na.  Published in 1939.