A timeless classic on "Hell's latest novelties and Heaven's unanswerable answer."

A masterpiece of satire, this classic has entertained and enlightened readers the world over with its sly and ironic portrayal of human life and foibles from the vantage point of Screwtape, a highly placed assistant to "Out Father Below."  At once wildly comic, deadly serious, and strikingly original, C. S. Lewis gives us the correspondence of the worldly wise old devil to his nephew Wormwood, a novice demon in charge of securing the damnation of an ordinary young man.  The Screwtape Letters is the most engaging account of temptation - and triumph over it - ever written.

Praise for C. S. Lewis:

"I read Lewis for comfort and pleasure many years ago, and a glance into the books revives my old admiration."
- John Updike

"If wit and wisdom, style and scholarship are requisites to passage through the pearly gates, Mr. Lewis will be among the angels."
- The New Yorker

CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS (1898 - 1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably the most influential Christian writer of his day.  He was a Fellow and Tutor in English literature at Oxford University until 1954 when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement.  His major contributions in literary criticism, children's literature, fantasy literature, and popular theology brought him international renown and acclaim.  He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year.  His most distinguished and popular accomplishes include The Chronicles of Narnia, Out of the Silent Planet, The Four Loves, The Screwtape Letters, and Mere Christianity.