After killing his brother Abel, Cain must wander for ever. He witnesses Noah`s ark, the destruction of the Tower of Babel, Moses & the golden calf. He is there in time to save Abraham from sacrificing Isaac when God`s angel arrives late after a wing malfunction. Written in the last years of Saramago`s life, Cain wittily tackles many of the moral & logical non sequiturs created by a wilful, authoritarian God, forming part of Saramago`s long argument with God & recalling his provocative novel The Gospel According to Jesus Christ.