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100	1		_aCoelho, Paulo.
245	1	4	_aThe devil and Miss Prym / _cPaulo Coelho ; translated by Amanda Hopkinson and Nick Caistor.
260			_aLondon : _bHarperCollins, _c2003.
300			_ax, 201 p. ; _c19 cm.
500			_aOriginally published: 2001.
520			_aA stranger arrives at the remote village of Viscos, 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. A novel of temptation by the internationally bestselling author Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym is a thought- provoking parable of a community devoured by greed, cowardice, and fear'as it struggles with the choice between good and evil.
546			_aTranslated from the Portuguese.
650			_aGood and evil -- Fiction _v _x _y _z _2
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