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Can I read With Death Laughing : a Novel on EtoBox?
With Death Laughing : a Novel by Peter Plate is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is With Death Laughing : a Novel about?
It’s Christmastime in the Southland in this near-future vision of 21st century California. Our narrators, an ex-con turned pistol-carrying priest, and Sugar Child, a halfway house resident, have just met. The priest is a donations solicitor for Blessed World, the church and charity, and works downtown, “where I bang a tambourine and beg for money in the mellifluous, singsong voice beloved by children worldwide: Help the needy, give to the poor, amen.” But nothing is going right. Hassled by SWAT cops, and troubled after a failed marriage, he’s losing faith in himself. Sugar Child has her own problems. She’s arrested by SWAT police, and sent to “lockdown.” Her opinion of the priest is no better: She’s never met a man who was stronger than a woman. Looking at him, she never will. As the days speed toward Christmas—holiday shoppers aren’t giving him any money—the priest wonders whether there isn’t some new mission awaiting him, one that’ll help the people in the street, or perhaps one that will lead to his imprisonment. And as he bangs on his tambourine it becomes clear that the one thing he wants most is to take Sugar Child to the “promised land,” because what would Christmas be this
Who reads With Death Laughing : a Novel?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Peter Plate
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781609809263
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Thriller, Humanities
- Rating
- 5 / 5 (2 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
