The Closet Devil

by Anthony Pour

THE DEVIL MADE US DO IT. They say a lot of things about the Devil. But it takes a lot of nerve to applaud him for the job he does...after all, everybody's got a job to do. Meet the Devil and get ready to appreciate what He does making sure that good guys finish last. So before you start whining about how unfair life is, just remember that life is it's not fair, it's what it is. And when it comes to the Devil's work, it's not personal -- He is simply doing his job, and very well might we add. What's more, the Devil takes a particular pride in what he does best -- and it shows! So sit back and enjoy this little treat of the Devil and his victims -- or to be more politically correct, his "survivors." Ah, the Devil. Can't live with him, can't live without him. After all, without the Devil, whom would we have to kick around? Oh, and there's one more treat in store for you. We've arranged the tales by the Devil's geographic sphere of influence -- starting on this side of the Date Line and following His trail into the setting sun, therefore, if you can read the book at a sitting, you'll have circumnavigated the globe in a way that makes you at least a day younger.

263 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2004

About the author

Anthony Pour is an acclaimed international journalist and author. He has been writing for newspapers and magazines both in California and Europe for over twenty years and won a literary competition in England in 2001. Critics have praised his style as ". . . a tour de force of great writing, comedy and perception . . . against the backdrop of real sounds, smells, and colors." Pour is a resident of Marina del Rey, California and the Principality of Liechtenstein in Europe - the latter residence being a sort of a bomb shelter in case free speech in America is declared mean-spirited and thus punishable by exclusion from national health care.