One Hundred Years of Solitude

in theological tricks used to
confuse the devil as he was
skilled in the tricks of the
cockpit. Amaranta made him
a linen suit with a collar and
tie, bought him a pair of
white shoes, and engraved his
name in gilt letters on the
ribbon of the candle. Two
nights before the first
communion, Father Antonio
Isabel closeted himself with
him in the sacristy to hear his
confession with the help of a