Demon – A Memoir by Tosca Lee
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: NavPress (May 18, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1600061230
ISBN-13: 978-1600061233
From the backcover:
Recently divorced and mired in a meaningless existence, Clay drifts from his drab apartment to his equally lusterless job as an editor for a small Boston press–until the night Lucian finds him and everything changes with the simple words, “I’m going to tell you my story, and you’re going to write it down and publish it.”
What begins as a mystery soon spirals into chaotic obsession as Clay struggles to piece together Lucian’s dark tale of love, ambition, and grace–only to discover that the demon’s story has become his own.
And then only one thing matters: learning how the story ends.
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Clay is muddling through life, not enjoying himself. Recently divorced, he’s depressed, daily going to work, barely existing. His life changes when he goes to a restaurant for a mysterious meeting. The Mediterranean-looking stranger knows Clay’s name, and he also knows all sorts of facts about Clay’s childhood. Stunned, Clay wonders why he’s been invited to meet this person. Who is he? Clay even asks if this stranger is some kind of Jehovah’s Witness. He soon realizes he’s received an invitation from Lucian – a demon. Lucian wants to tell his story to Clay so that Clay can publish it.
Clay’s life goes from bad to worse from this first meeting. Lucian continues to appear in different forms throughout the book. Sometimes he’s a man, sometimes a woman, sometimes he’s Black, sometimes White. He tells of how the demons came into existence and about their leader, El.
Since Clay is an editor at a publishing house, Lucian figures Clay can get his story published. Clay is not interested in doing so, but, his numerous conversations with Lucian make him stop and wonder. And he begins looking through the scriptures for himself. He’s also stunned to see that Lucian has great power – even the power to kill.
Clay does pen Lucian’s story…but the story needs an ending as Clay’s life continually spirals downward into an abysmal depression.
This book was kind of deep. Makes you stop and think about Biblical spiritual beings and good versus evil.