An exile in Canada from the post-Communist Czech Republic encounters murder mysteries in both his past and current homes, the first involving a college beauty queen-turned-sleuth and the other, his wife. 
 

 In Josef Škvorecký's 
first novel written in English, the narrator lives in two radically 
dissimilar worlds: the exile world of the post-Communist Czech Republic 
where old feuds, treacherous betrayals, and friendships persevere; and 
the comfortable, albeit bland world of middle-class Canada. Murder 
intrudes upon both world. One features a young female sleuth, a college 
beauty queen, jealousy in the world of academia, and a neat conclusion. 
The other is a tragedy caused by evil social forces and philosophies, in
 which a web of lies insidiously entangles Sidonia, the narrator's wife.
 A brilliantly stylish tour de force in which the bright, sarcastic 
comedy of one tale sharply contrasts with the dark, elegiac bitterness 
of the other, Two Murders in My Double Life confirms Škvorecký's reputation as a versatile and engaging writer.

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