Devil's Contract
A Dark Billionaire Romance

It’s like an Adam Curtis documentary on Rock and Roll. The book describes itself as being about the Faustian bargain, but it is broader than that, dealing with any deal with the Devil, real or metaphoric. It starts with the religious basis of such deals, as is found in the Abrahamic texts and their ap......more

The story of Faust, and the moral of the story, is part of our cultural spine. It’s not just the devil taken literally. It has to do with our sense of right and wrong and our willingness or unwillingness to suspend it for gain or ambition. While Marlowe’s and Goethe’s Faust are the archetypes, the ba......more

A book full of interesting history and some good ideas, but the author's eccentricity gets in the way too often. I enjoyed some of the raves and rants but mostly just wanted to get by them to the actual substance of the book, a good review of the roots of the Faust story and its expression in Wester......more

Over all I thought this was an engaging overview of the legends surrounding the Faustian bargain and the ideas presented here encompass many aspects and avenues of examining the central conceit. I liked the writing style so I generally enjoyed reading these forays into various meandering topics rela......more