{"product_id":"malum-in-se-five-tales-hardcover","title":"Malum in Se: Five Tales - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eE. M. Schorb\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe five tales in \u003cem\u003eMalum in Se\u003c\/em\u003e share the theme of evil--sometimes the evil of deliberation and action, some­times the evildoer is only vaguely aware of his or her moral misprision; but more often fully aware and pur­poseful. Even so, there is humor in evil. Murder is perhaps the greatest evil, but in the largest sense, it is ridiculous, solving nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImmediately after the story \"Legacy\" was writ­ten, a larger version of the piece appeared to the author. This was \u003cem\u003eFortune Island\u003c\/em\u003e, the novel subse­quently pub­lished by Cherokee McGhee. \u003cem\u003eMalum in Se\u003c\/em\u003e offers the reader this earlier, shorter, and somewhat different version of the story. In \"Manslaughter\" a careless and aging party-girl mother inadvertently causes doom while seeking fun. \"A Man of Con­science\" seeks world revenge and realizes that he has become the evildoer. In a pulp fiction pastiche sug­gested by the New York Journal-American columnist Jack O'Brian, \"Haydn's Head,\" two gamblers solve a mystery of inter­national espionage while pursued by a mobster who wants his losses back. In this story evil smiles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the final story, a man and woman attempt escape from a statistical, fascist world of the future to \"The Devil's Tavern.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 228\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47842590261469,"sku":"9780692905258","price":36.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/Y_4T4K1x2z9780692905258.webp?v=1776985186","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/malum-in-se-five-tales-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}