AS ONE DEVIL TO ANOTHER
by RICHARD PLATT
ISBN:
978-1-4143-7166-5
List Price:
$15.99
Release Date:
April 2012
In Richard Platt's debut novel, he pays tribute to C.S. Lewis with As One Devil to Another. The novel is in the style of Lewis' The Screwtape Letters, with the story being told as a correspondence between devil Slashreap and his nephew and protégé, Scardagger. Scardagger has received as his first assignment the task of luring a young woman's soul into the clutches of Satan, or as he is referred to in the novel, His Infernal Majesty. The new client is doing her postgraduate work in the English department of a university, and Scardagger is expected to use the tools of envy and pride to pull her attention away from Heavenly pursuits. As the corresondence unfolds, the young woman's family and friends are introduced and we see how the enemy tries to use other people and concerns to divert the young woman's path to a relationship with God.
Platt's previous study and work at Lewis' home, The Kilns, is apparent in his writing style. This could be considered a modernized sequel to The Screwtape Letters. The correspondence is so similar to the letters between Screwtape and Wormwood that it sounds as though C. S. Lewis returned to update his earlier work with the terminology and issues faced by modern man. Anyone who enjoyed The Screwtape Letters will settle in happily with this novel. A newcomer to the style will definitely want to read Lewis' earlier work after reading this.
4.5 stars
4.5 stars
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