From the back cover:

"A community devoured by greed, cowardice and fear. A man persecuted by the ghosts of his painful past. A young woman searching for happiness. In one eventful week, each of them will face questions of life, death and power, and each of them will have to choose their own path. Will they choose good or evil?

The remote village of Viscos is the setting for this extraordinary struggle. A stranger arrives, carrying with him a backpack containing a notebook and eleven gold bars. He comes searching for the answer to a question that torments him: are human beings, in essence, good or evil? In welcoming the mysterious foreigner, the whole village becomes an accomplice to his sophisticated plot, which will forever mark their lives."

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Sent to the winner of the UK Smile Day draw. Congratulations!

Thank you so much for this wishlist book, I am thrilled.

Quite a dilemma! One of the best Coelho books in my opinion.

Sending on to sfogs who requested this book some time ago.

Thank you sooo much for sending this book to me!
However as this book was on my wishlist, I had
a copy send to me for my birthday a few months back.
I will pass this book on to some of my family then to any bookcrosser
that would like it. :)

Gone off as a surprise RABCK/ HGG book.
Here is an early Christmas present~!!! :D

Firstly - HUGE APOLOGIES TO Sfogs for not JEing this book. I know I emailed a 'Thank You' - At least I hope I Did!!!!

As for the book, well it is BRILLIANT!!! So much real 'Food for Thought'. Cleverly written, good study of humans and their traits, reasons for doing (or not doing) things, of the conscious mind and our relationship with God and of course, The Devil.

I have never read Paulo Coelho before and I am really impressed with his writing and thought processes.


This was a deceptively short book, but the story and thoughts it provokes will stay with the reader for a very long time after the book has been finished.

Thank you again, Sfogs for sharing this gem with me! :)

Reserved for Tubereader in Spain as part of one of my RABCKS