Originally published: Toronto : Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1984 ; London : Chatto & Windus, 1985.
The engineer of human souls : an entertainment on the old themes of life, women, fate, dreams, the working class, secret agents, love and death by Josef Škvorecký. ISBN 0099386410. Published by Vintage in 1994. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.