{"product_id":"malum-in-se-e-m-schorb-9780692905258","title":"Malum in Se: Five Tales","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e E. M. Schorb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0692905251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780692905258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hill House New York\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"E. M. Schorb","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47473895964927,"sku":"9780692905258","price":24.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bc93f064-2727-4919-bb05-b37ae9aca7b5.jpg?v=1762313613","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/malum-in-se-e-m-schorb-9780692905258","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}