Since the publication of The Alchemist , Coelho has generally written one novel every two years including By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept , The Fifth Mountain , Veronika Decides to Die , The Devil and Miss Prym , Eleven Minutes , Like the Flowing River , Brida , The Valkyries , The Winner Stands Alone , The Zahir , The Witch of Portobello , Aleph ( novel ) , Manuscript Found in Accra and Adultery .
The Spy is a novel by Paulo Coelho .