title: A Vaudeville of Devils: Seven Moral Tales
text: # A Vaudeville of Devils: Seven Moral Tales
  
  A Vaudeville of Devils: 7 Moral Tales is a collection of short stories and novellas 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."
  
  