The Threat

"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.

Publisher: Keylight Books
Published: 01/16/2024
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.7lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781684429691


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 11/01/2023 pg. 57
Publishers Weekly 11/20/2023