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4728138The Devils Best Trickhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-devils-best-trick-9781804710777/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4341187/image.jpg?v=638689833654330000219249MXNGrove Press UKInStock/Ebooks/<p>How we explain the evils of the world - and the darkest parts of ourselves - has preoccupied humans throughout history.</p><p>In <em>The Devils Best Trick</em>, Randall Sullivan investigates historical, religious and cultural conceptions of evil, from Biblical times to European witch hunts to the devil-worshipping Black Mass ceremony. He travels to Mexico to participate in the Hour of the Witches - an annual ceremony in which hundreds of people congregate in the jungle south of Vera Cruz to negotiate terms with El Diablo. He takes us through the most famous exorcism in American history. And he delivers original reporting on the shocking story of a small town in Texas that, in 1988, unravelled into paranoia and panic after a seventeen-year-old boy was found hanging from a tree and rumours about Satanic worship and cults flourished.</p><p>Nimble and expertly researched, <em>The Devils Best Trick</em> brilliantly melds cultural and historical commentary with a suspenseful true-crime narrative. Randall Sullivan, whose reportage and narrative skill has been called extraordinary and enthralling by <em>Rolling Stone,</em> takes on a bold task in this book that is both biography of the Devil and a look at how evil manifests in the world.</p>...4445555The Devils Best Trick219249https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-devils-best-trick-9781804710777/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4341187/image.jpg?v=638689833654330000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20249781804710777_W3siaWQiOiJmMjg5OWE5ZC0yOGI0LTQ3YjMtYjQzMC1jMmQyYjIyMTRlZWUiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjI0OSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjMwLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjIxOSwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDYtMjhUMTI6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781804710777_<p>How we explain the evils of the world - and the darkest parts of ourselves - has preoccupied humans throughout history.<br />In <em>The Devils Best Trick</em>, Randall Sullivan investigates historical, religious and cultural conceptions of evil, from Biblical times to European witch hunts to the devil-worshipping Black Mass ceremony. He travels to Mexico to participate in the Hour of the Witches - an annual ceremony in which hundreds of people congregate in the jungle south of Vera Cruz to negotiate terms with El Diablo. He takes us through the most famous exorcism in American history. And he delivers original reporting on the shocking story of a small town in Texas that, in 1988, unravelled into paranoia and panic after a seventeen-year-old boy was found hanging from a tree and rumours about Satanic worship and cults flourished.<br />Nimble and expertly researched, <em>The Devils Best Trick</em> brilliantly melds cultural and historical commentary with a suspenseful true-crime narrative. Randall Sullivan, whose reportage and narrative skill has been called extraordinary and enthralling by <em>Rolling Stone,</em> takes on a bold task in this book that is both biography of the Devil and a look at how evil manifests in the world.</p>...(*_*)9781804710777_<p>How we explain the evils of the world - and the darkest parts of ourselves - has preoccupied humans throughout history.</p><p>In <em>The Devils Best Trick</em>, Randall Sullivan investigates historical, religious and cultural conceptions of evil, from Biblical times to European witch hunts to the devil-worshipping Black Mass ceremony. He travels to Mexico to participate in the Hour of the Witches - an annual ceremony in which hundreds of people congregate in the jungle south of Vera Cruz to negotiate terms with El Diablo. He takes us through the most famous exorcism in American history. And he delivers original reporting on the shocking story of a small town in Texas that, in 1988, unravelled into paranoia and panic after a seventeen-year-old boy was found hanging from a tree and rumours about Satanic worship and cults flourished.</p><p>Nimble and expertly researched, <em>The Devils Best Trick</em> brilliantly melds cultural and historical commentary with a suspenseful true-crime narrative. Randall Sullivan, whose reportage and narrative skill has been called extraordinary and enthralling by <em>Rolling Stone,</em> takes on a bold task in this book that is both biography of the Devil and a look at how evil manifests in the world.</p>...9781804710777_Grove Press UKlibro_electonico_9781804710777_9781804710777Randall SullivanInglésMéxico2024-10-03T00:00:00+00:00https://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/faberfactory-epub-db2dc1c5-06ca-41f9-90c9-5c0c7fa5b693.epub2024-10-03T00:00:00+00:00Grove Press UK