«Tysyacha Chertey pastora Huuskonena» - eto rasskazannyy v realiyah kontsa XX veka romanpikareska: uvlekatelnoe puteshestvie, inogda absurdnyy, na grani fantasticheskogo, yumor i poisk otvetov na glavnye voprosy. Finskiy pisatel Arto Paasilinna schitaetsya nastoyaschim yumoristicheskim filosofom. Pastoru Huuskonenu ispolnilos pyatdesyat. Ego brak treschit po shvam, nauchnye publikatsii vyzyvayut osuzhdenie nachalstva, religiya bolshe ne nahodit otklika v serdtse. Prihvativ s soboy dressirovannogo medvedya Cherta, Huuskonen pokidaet rodnoy gorod. Mnogo peripetiy zhdet ih v doroge - put prolegaet ot Belogo do Chernogo morya, cherez holodnuyu Rossiyu i zharkie tropicheskie ostrova. Gde otyschut oni dom i smozhet li pastor nakonets ponyat: v chem zaklyuchaetsya smysl zhizni?