The Prague Orgy. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 1985 book
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The Prague Orgy
Philip Roth, 1985
movie vs book
Irena Pavlásková, 2019

In 1976 a famous American writer Nathan Zuckerman is challenged by Czech immigrant Sisovsky who implores him to retrieve valuable manuscripts from communist Czechoslovakia. The writer accepts this dangerous mission, where his every step is observed by secret police. Once in Prague, he meets Sisovsky‘s flamboyant and wild ex-wife Olga who is in possession of the manuscripts.