{"product_id":"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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patricia Schorb","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47019972886768,"sku":"9780692905258","price":24.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780692905258_p0.jpg?v=1763618018","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780692905258","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}