In this thought-provoking novel, Coelho's unusual protagonist presents a moral challenge to the town from which they may never recover. A stranger arrives in the small mountain village, carrying a backpack containing a notebook and eleven gold bars. Burying these around the area, the stranger develops an odd friendship with a young village woman – Miss Prym. His mission is to discover whether human beings are essentially good or evil. A fascinating study of the human soul, "The Devil and Miss Prym" illuminates the reality of good and evil within us and the unique human ability to choose between them.