We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. Eleven years ago, Ben Fountain won a National Book Critics Circle Award for his debut novel, "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime ...

Of all the literary legends that have been successfully mined by more than one ambitious artist, the sell-your-soul-to-the-devil trope, rolled out by Christopher Marlowe in the 1604 play "The Tragical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This cover image released by Avid Reader Press shows "The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making and ...

Dallas author Ben Fountain’s latest book, "Devil Makes Three," is his first novel since "Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk," which was a 2012 finalist for the National Book Award and won the National ...

“Faust” by Stephen Hupp of Parkersburg is a modern day adaptation of the German folk tale about a man who sold his soul to the devil for earthly pleasures. Hupp’s 10th book is available on amazon.com.

DOWN THERE (La-Bas) (317 pp.) —Joris-Karl Huysmans, translated by Keene Wallis — University Books ($5). “With his hooked paw. the Devil drew me toward God,” wrote a crazy mixed-up Frenchman named ...

The story of the Atomic Age's start is a fascinating one about the power of invention and a chilling one about its consequences. In “The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making and ...