by Stephen King
Esquire, July 2009
* * * * (Great) Realistic
A dying man presents Nora the opportunity to make $200,000 for committing an act of sin.
There is a great build up to the eventual act. King does a masterful job of surrounding the event in tension-building mystery. We know how the story should end – will end – and with a title of “Morality,” how else could it end? But it is like watching cars crash or accidents as we pass by, we’re fascinated by the destruction. This one act, designed to fulfill the dreams of a money-challenged couple, ends up driving the two apart. My only complaint is that Nora, while fully realized as a character, does not appear as original as King’s characters so often do.
[And I had to include the cover to this issue of Esquire promoting the story. Wow.]
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