A Vaudeville of Devils: Seven Moral Tales
Author | Robert Girardi |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Mystery novel |
Publisher | Delacorte Press |
Publication date | 1999 |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 421 pp |
ISBN | 0-385-33398-6 |
OCLC | 42359780 |
A Vaudeville of Devils: 7 Moral Tales is a collection of short stories and novellas by Robert Girardi.[1][2][3]
"The Dinner Party"[]
The short story, loosely set in Portugal, is a synthesis between "The Masque of the Red Death", Our Man in Havana, and Shikasta. It was first published in TriQuarterly Review, Issue 99 (Spring/Summer 1997).
"The Defenestration of Abu Sid"[]
A crime, or detective novella about the Washington D.C. public defender Martin Wexler, and his personal growth defending a sociopathic gangster.
"Sunday Evenings at Contessa Pasquali's"[]
A mystery novella about the expatriate American Billy, who has settled in Naples and the Contessa's Sunday night soirees. "Vedi Napoli e poi muori."[4]
References[]
- ^ Wolff, Katherine (27 June 1999). "Books in Brief: Fiction & Poetry; What do I Owe You?". The New York Times.
- ^ Powell's Books - A Vaudeville of Devils: 7 Moral Tales by Robert Girardi
- ^ "The Times & the Sunday Times".
- ^ See Naples and die. (p.371)
Categories:
- 1999 short story collections
- American short story collections
- Delacorte Press books
- 1990s crime novel stubs