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“Suitably disturbing—and a satisfaction to read.” — The ScotsmanIn this, his last book, José Saramago daringly reimagines the stories and figures of the Old Testament, remembering his sexy The Gospel Based on Jesus Christ. His story runs in the Garden of Eden, when God understands he's neglected to provide Adam and Eve the gift of conversation, for the second when Noah’s Ark countries about the dried maximum of Ararat. Cain, the hated, the assassin, is Saramago’s character. Ruined to roam eternally after he kills his brother Abel, Cain makes his way through the planet in the organization of the personable donkey.