A Vaudeville of Devils: 7 Moral Tales is a collection of short stories and novellas by Robert Girardi.Powell's Books - A Vaudeville of Devils: 7 Moral Tales by Robert Girardi
"The Dinner Party" The short story, loosely set in Portugal, is a synthesis between "The Masque of the Red Death", Our Man in Havana, and Shikasta. It was first published in TriQuarterly Review, Issue 99 (Spring/Summer 1997).
"The Defenestration of Abu Sid" A crime, or detective novella about the Washington D.C. public defender Martin Wexler, and his personal growth defending a sociopathic gangster.
"Sunday Evenings at Contessa Pasquali's" A mystery novella about the expatriate American Billy, who has settled in Naples and the Contessa's Sunday night soirees. "Vedi Napoli e poi muori."See Naples and die. (p.371)
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