Joe is an old man who masterfully performs Beethoven at train stations and airports. Every day, as if possessed, Joe plays amidst crowds of indifferent travelers. Perhaps he is waiting for someone. But who? Why is his playing full of pain and desperate tenderness? What happened to him more than half a century ago that keeps him from stopping playing day after day? Is it possible to forgive those who turned your youth into a hell full of injustice and cruelty? Is it possible to continue to believe, hope, and love in spite of everything?
'Devils and Saints' is a piercing novel about broken destinies and a twisted childhood, about the ambiguity and complexity of the world, about love, loss, and forgiveness, about music, and how art is born from suffering and pain.
