A Vaudeville of Devils
- ISBN-10
- 0340739568
- ISBN-13
- 9780340739563
- Category
- Deadly sins
- Pages
- 448
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Author
- Robert Girardi
Description
The five short stories and two novellas in A VAUDEVILLE OF DEVILS are loosely based around the seven deadly sins. In 'The Demons Tormenting Unsturmfuhrer Hans Otto Graebner' an SS officer is made aware of mortality and morality by a degenerate artist. With 'The Dinner Party' Girardi gives us his own rich and peculiar version of hell on earth. 'Three Ravens on a Red Ground' portrays an American businessman faced with a Japanese takeover, comparing both cultures' version of honour. These seven moral tales will delight anyone who has read Girardi's previous novels.
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