{"product_id":"the-coffin-stays-closedcharlatan-marilu-pagoni-9798280414266","title":"The Coffin Stays Closed...Charlatan! ...\u0026 other minor crimes!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Coffin Stays Closed... (Charlatan!)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e...\u0026amp; Other Minor Crimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy \u003cb\u003eTomazo (Thomas) Pagonis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA literary crime doesn't have to be solved. It just has to be exquisitely committed.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter the mind of Pentheus H.-a man of refinement, philosophical appetite, and one peculiar hobby: \"creative ruinings.\" In a voice both chilling and charming, his self-appointed psychiatrist narrates a descent into madness-or is it genius?-where death becomes a work of art, and dismemberment a metaphysical inquiry. The central novella is an audacious blend of satire, psychological horror, and philosophical fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the crimes do not end there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the second part-\u003cb\u003e\"Other Minor Crimes\"\u003c\/b\u003e-the reader is served a sharp cocktail of short stories, monologues, and allegories. Bureaucrats haunt their own offices, small-town murders grow mythic, and a woman's back becomes the canvas for the history of modern art. Somewhere between black comedy and philosophical theatre, these tales whisper a shared truth: \u003cb\u003eeveryone is guilty, and no one is quite innocent.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo then... \u003cb\u003ewho is to be blamed?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(Aside, of course, from the author-who so recklessly unleashed his characters\u003cbr\u003eto commit such monumental \"minor\" crimes.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marilu Pagoni,Thomas Tomazo Pagonis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798280414266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d","brand":"Marilu Pagoni","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48851017007359,"sku":"9798280414266","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-coffin-stays-closedcharlatan-marilu-pagoni-9798280414266","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}