The amazing Mr. Morality : stories / Jacob M. Appel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Appel, Jacob M., 1973- author.

Standardized Title:

Short stories. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, American--21st century.

Short stories, American.

Genre:

Short stories, American.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

183 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Amazing Mister Morality

Place of Publication:

Morgantown, WV : Vandalia Press, 2018.

Summary:

"The Amazing Mr. Morality features tenacious men and women whose determination to buck middle-class social convention draws them toward unforeseen challenges. A failed television producer insists upon having a woodchuck relocated from his lawn, only to receive desperate letters in which the woodchuck begs to return. An overconfident ne'er-do-well obtains a lucrative lecture invitation intended for a renowned ornithologist and decides to deliver the speech himself. An innocuous dispute over whether to rename a local street opens up racial fault lines that prove deadly. The collection concludes with the title novella in which two unscrupulous ethicists, writing rival newspaper columns, seek to unseat each other by addressing questions such as: If you're going to commit a murder, is it worse to kill when the victim is sleeping or awake?"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The children's lottery

Jury of matrons

Gable's whiskers

Burrowing in exile

Tracking Harold Lloyd

Next of kith

Right of way

A change of plumage

The desecration at Lemming Bay

The amazing Mr. Morality.

ISBN:

9781946684042

194668404X

OCLC:

1012709740