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The Shoplifters by Morris Panych is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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<div>In this riotously funny new comedy from Morris Panych, we meet Alma, a seasoned career shoplifter who prefers the five-finger discount over some lousy seniors&#8217; day deal. But it&#8217;s not just an empty wallet that leads Alma to a life of petty crime &#150; it&#8217;s also her strong convictions about social justice and economic inequality.<br><BR>Along for the ride is Phyllis, Alma&#8217;s frazzled accomplice who lacks her mentor&#8217;s cool demeanour and snappy comebacks. It&#8217;s Alma who does the talking when the pair is apprehended at the grocery store by Dom, an overzealous rookie security guard. Guided by the strictness of his born-again Christian belief, Dom is ready to handcuff the culprits and call the police, but his affable senior partner, Otto, intervenes with a more sympathetic view of the crime: &#147;It&#8217;s just a couple a steaks.&#8221; As Alma, Phyllis, Dom, and Otto share their wildly different takes on the situation, complex views on morality and ethics begin to emerge.<br><BR>With its cast of oddball characters, Panych&#8217;s comedy offers biting observations about society&#8217;s haves and have-nots and how much they might actually have in c

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Author

Morris Panych

Publisher

Talonbooks, Limited

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780889229266

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Drama, Literary Fiction, Fiction