sentences:  It deals with supernatural redemption in a way rather similar to Ferenc Molnár's "Liliom", and drew inspiration from the life of publisher Horace Liveright, who had died in September 1933.Anthony Mallare (Coward) is a publisher who (it appears) wishes to ruin the life of every person he comes in contact with.Every sentence he says is like a poisoned dart aimed for the greatest damage, and delivered in cold lifeless tones.