The Amazing Mr. Morality

Stories

By: Jacob M. Appel

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Paperback | 1 February 2018

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180 Pages

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21.3 x 13.7 x 1.2

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Eric Hoffer Award, 1st Runner-Up, Short Story/Anthology category
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?

Industry Reviews

Accomplished and assured."" - Silas Dent Zobal, author of The People of the Broken Neck

""In this collection of disturbing, addictive, provocative stories, the situations bristle with the reach of unrepentant longing and unexpected persistence. Appel's stories never fail to impress; they never fail, period."" - Karen Heuler, author of The Inner City and In Search of Lost Time

""The characters in The Amazing Mr. Morality sing like so many sirens, wailing their desires, plotting, misguiding, and deceiving for causes noble and base. With wit and tenderness, Jacob Appel's stories illuminate the awkward truths of what it means to be human."" - Tyrone Jaeger, author of So Many True Believers

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