In a small village Viscos, everyone was satisfied with their lives working hard and fulfilling their dreams. Then one day, a stranger (figuratively, the Devil) visits this quiet village and hides 11 golden bars in the mountain of Viscos. He brings Miss Prym to the buried site and tells her that he needs to do an experiment to test whether or not all human beings are good or evil. The stranger is looking forward to involve all the villagers into his experiment, but Miss Prym is feeling extremely uncomfortable to realize that she is now responsible to save the village and herself. Unfortunately, all of the people in Viscos get involved in this Devil's game and are confused whether to keep up their village history of being moral and honest or to sacrifice one villager to achieve the gold for the good sake of the its future.
This modern fiction questions all readers about one of the most basic questions: are human beings good or evil? With its additional introduction before each chapter, the book further sets the ground for the later story. Throughout the book, all of the village residence and the stranger seek the true meaning of human life by introducing different anecdotes to villagers and the readers and justifying human evilness.
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