In a small chapel in the Bohemian countryside, a statue of Saint Joseph bows in blessing. The priest and congregation celebrate this miracle with triumphant joy, but Danny Smirick-who has been dragged to church by one of his students to atone for some delicious mutual sinning-is troubled by the phenomenon, and haunted by the tragedy that follows. Not until after another `miracle` almost 20 years later-the Prague Spring of 1968 - does he sort out the tangled threads of this disputed act of God. The Miracle Game sets the hilarious tale of Danny`s early life-with his hapless romantic entanglemens and his endless narrow escapes-against the dark ironies of the Prague Spring and the Russian invasion that crushed it. A magnificent black comedy on eternal themes, The Miracle Game gains special meaning in light of the Bohemian miracle taking place today.

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JOSEF SKVORECKY is an award-winning author whose novels include An Inexplicable Story, The Bass Saxophone, The Mournful Demeanor of Lieutenant Boruvka, and The Swell Season. He has also written many short stories and film scripts, and is the winner of the 1980 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. He lives in Toronto with his wife.

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