"The greatest writer ever produced in Latin America."Susan Sontag, writer and activist"The supreme black literary artist to date."Harold Bloom, literary criticThe Devil's Church ( A Igreja do Diabo) is a masterful short story from Brazil's most celebrated writer, Machado de Assis, originally published in 1883. In this wickedly clever satirical tale, the Devil himself decides to establish his own church, seeking to institutionalize and legitimize sin i...