The Engineer Of Human Souls

Nov 6, 2025 9:08 PM

Author:Josef Skvorecky

THE ENGINEER OF HUMAN SOULS spins its own story from the torn entrails of Central Europe. yet what emerges is comedy - clack, grimacing and explosively funny, as peculiarly middle European as the despairing wit of prague's own Franz Kafka' Time

Reviews

Captivating ... Muir has a wonderful ear for dialogue, and a wonderful eye for the comic situation.

—— Daily Express

Fans will recognise his exuberant wit in this light-hearted romp with a P.G. Wodehouse flavour.

—— Good Book Guide

Delicious, sexy, historical romance wiht a clever twist.

—— Booklist

A very good and varied collection, with delightful oddities

—— The Times

Unfailingly honest

—— Sunday Times

Andric possess the rare gift in a historical novelist of creating a period-piece, full of local colour, and at the same time characters who might have been living today

—— Times Literary Supplement

Just as the bridge on the Drina brought East and West together so your work has acted as a link, combining the culture of your country with other parts of the planet

—— Göran Liljestrand, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences member

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