Good Book: The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis was originally published in 1941 in England. In 1943, it was first published in the United States. It is still in print, and no wonder. Lewis does a masterful job of skewering people who build facades of either righteousness or sophistication. There’s also some Christian theology thrown in, but if you’re not Christian don’t let that scare you off.

On its surface it’s a simple story: Screwtape, the experienced devil, has his work cut out for him trying to explain to apprentice devil Wormwood how on Earth to corrupt people. It’s what runs under the surface that can get so interesting.