Table of Contents
1 Paulo today: Budapest-Prague-Hamburg-Cairo 1
2 Childhood 64
3 Schooldays 78
4 First play, first love 113
5 First encounter with Dr Benjamim 147
6 Batatinha's debut 173
7 Ballad of the Clinic Gaol 201
8 Shock treatment 222
9 The great escape 245
10 Vera 271
11 The marijuana years 291
12 Discovering America 317
13 Gisa 335
14 The Devil and Paulo 361
15 Paulo and Raul 383
16 A devil of a different sort 410
17 Paulo renounces the Devil 433
18 Cissa 456
19 London 483
20 Christina 514
21 First meeting with Jean 531
22 Paulo and Christina - publishers 550
23 The road to Santiago 581
24 The Alchemist 597
25 The critics' response 618
26 Success abroad 643
27 World fame 667
28 Becoming an 'immortal' 695
29 The Zahir 725
30 One hundred million copies sold 739
Facts about Paulo Coelho 757
Acknowledgements 765