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'Imagine what kind of book a devil's chaplain could write about the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, and horribly mean works of nature.' This is what Darwin wrote to a friend in 1856. But, however gruesome and clumsy, evolutionary processes are by no means random, as Richard Dawkins shows in his equally sober and clearly substantiated work. *A Devil's Chaplain* is a versatile book. Dawkins writes about his admiration for Darwin's work against the cliffs of faith, about the errors of the jury system in the judiciary, about his aversion to postmodern relativism, and about many other subjects. Dawkins' work is characterized by common sense; it is a collection of irrefutable arguments in complicated discussions. Moreover, these pieces represent a more personal side of Richard Dawkins. Science is 'living pleasure' for him, and that shines through.