The Threat

By Nathaniel Stein

Book Overview

"Mr. Melvin Levin, I'm going to kill you."

The Threat tells the darkly comic story of Melvin Levin, a middle-aged man who is dissatisfied with his dull and mediocre life. That is, until he receives a mysterious death threat in the mail. Terrified at first, Levin soon becomes accustomed to the threat-and then, increasingly, delighted with it, thrilled with his newfound importance as a "threatened man." But as his obsession with maintaining this identity becomes all-consuming, he risks blinding himself to the twin dangers of the threat itself and--perhaps worse--his own deranged mind.At once absurdist, moving, and savagely funny, The Threat is a timeless parable of the comic lengths to which people go to protect the delusions that validate them.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1684429692
• ISBN13: 9781684429691
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Keylight Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.6"