A Vaudeville of Devils: Seven Moral Tales

A Vaudeville of Devils: 7 Moral Tales is a collection of short stories and novellas by Robert Girardi.[1][2][3]

A Vaudeville of Devils: 7 Moral Tales
First edition
AuthorRobert Girardi
LanguageEnglish
GenreMystery novel
PublisherDelacorte Press
Publication date
1999
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages421 pp
ISBN0-385-33398-6
OCLC42359780

"The Dinner Party"

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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"

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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"

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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]

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