His Current Woman

Pawel Kohoutek, veterinarian and womanizer, looks out the window one morning to see his mistress approaching his house. That's bad. She is hauling her suitcase (containing her books) and her backpack (containing everything else she owns). That's worse. So Kohoutek does the only thing he can: He hides his current woman in the attic of the family slaughterhouse. Farce ensues as Kohoutek attempts to hide the woman from his eccentric family, their lodgers, and various offbeat visitors. A best-seller in Jerzy Pilch's native Poland, His Current Woman is an enjoyable literary send-up of what often passes for love.'Wildly entertaining. . . . His Current Woman is a laugh-out-loud cautionary tale on the discomforts of marriage and the more painful consequences of pleasure.' --New York Times 'That this novel is truly hilarious at times is just a bonus. . . . His Current Woman is an enjoyable little book that whets the appetite for more.' --Review of Contemporary Fiction 'Comic and greatly entertaining.' --Library Journal 'Sheer entertainment.' --Kirkus