Book description
Obsessed with his own salvation, the hermit Paulo dedicates himself
to ten years of prayerful penance. When his faith wavers, the
ever-watchful Devil seizes the moment to convince him that he shares
the fate of one Enrico, a notorious Neapolitan gangster destined for
damnation. Swearing vengeance, Paulo lashes out against God and
assembles a band of rival outlaws. I'll match Enrico in mad badness.
So, we're damned, both of us, are we?Then I'll be revenged on the
whole world. And yet, even as their villainous crimes escalate, the
possibility of redemption hovers over the two men, perhaps within
reach. A fast-paced adventure story embracing bandits and beautiful
women between glimpses of heaven and hell, this subversive and at
times riotous exploration of faith and the transformative power of
love races across the Italian landscape, relishing the
unpredictability of fate, an extraordinary array of characters and
their very real dilemmas. Sinner I am - pray for me. Damned by
Despair, written in 1635 by the great Spanish dramatist Tirso de
Molina, is brought to vivid life in Frank McGuinness's new version,
which premiered at the National Theatre, London, in October 2012.
