A book is a product of a pact with the Devil that inverts the Faustian contract, he'd told Allie. Dr Faustus sacrificed eternity in return for two dozen years of power; the writer agrees to the ruination of his life, and gains (but only if he's lucky) maybe not eternity, but posterity, at least. Either way (this was Jumpy's point) it's the Devil who wins. Salman Rushdie
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A book is a product of a pact with the Devil meaning the meaning of the quote "A book is a product of a pact with the Devil" is that books are created by someone who has agreed to something in exchange for their ability to create. A person often metaphorically compares creating or writing a book to agreeing to something, in which the person making the agreement will give up something to receive something in return.

Source: The Satanic Verses

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