Engineer of Human Souls Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Engineer of Human Souls Book

Fiction/ The expression "the engineer of human souls" is held, by many political indoctrinators, to be Stalin's definition of a writer: as an engineer constructs a machine, so must a writer construct the mind of the New Man. THE ENGINEER OF HUMAN SOULS is a labyrinthine comic novel that investigates the journey and plight of novelist Danny Smiricky, a Czech immigrant to Canada. As adventuresome, episodic, bawdy, comic, and literary as any novel written in the past twenty-five years, THE ENGINEER is worthy of the subtitle Skvorecky gave it: "An entertainment on the Old Themes of Life, Women, Fate, Dreams, The Working Class, Secret Agents, Love, and Death."Read More

from£11.40 | RRP: £
* Excludes Voucher Code Discount Also available Used from £11.41
  • 0671556827
  • 9780671556822
  • JOSEF SKVORECKY ; translated by PAUL WILSON
  • 1 January 1985
  • Chattto & Windus / The Hogarth Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 571
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. If you click through any of the links below and make a purchase we may earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you). Click here to learn more.

Would you like your name to appear with the review?

We will post your book review within a day or so as long as it meets our guidelines and terms and conditions. All reviews submitted become the licensed property of www.find-book.co.uk as written in our terms and conditions. None of your personal details will be passed on to any other third party.

All form fields are required.