So, what's the moral of the story?

[Dances_in_Underwear]

I read somewhere that the central theme is "Justice." I've heard others say that the moral is "Be careful what you wish for."

Any comments?

[JohnDalglish]

Hi,

I think it's 'Don't eff with the gypsies' LOL

Long days and pleasant nights

[Sigmund]

I just LOVED that the Chapter that dealt with Judge who helped in the cover up of the womans death and was having , shall we say "skin problems" was called, "The Scales of Justice." That was a hoot!

[GNTLGNT]

I always thought it leaned toward "The Golden Rule", but don't jack with the Gyps works too!

[Dances_in_Underwear]

I think the moral of the story is something like, no one is safe from justice. He thought that nothing would happen to him because he was friends with the judge and the cop. But the Gypsy king made sure something happened to him.

[Rand]

I think the moral of the story is something like, no one is safe from justice. He thought that nothing would happen to him because he was friends with the judge and the cop. But the Gypsy king made sure something happened to him.

That fits well with the typical messages of the first set of Bachman books released.

Halleck may seem to accept responsibility for his crime at times, but really never does. The only thing he finally accepted responsibility for was letting his daughter get cursed at the end. Up to that point, he was fine with shifting the blame onto his wife, or anyone else he could think of, as long as it got him off the hook, all the way up to the point of allowing the gypsy leader to put the curse into a pie that Halleck knew had to be consumed by someone else for him to remain free of it.

[motocop]

If the stupid old gyp woman looked both ways before crossing the street there would be no need for a moral.

[mrsnye]

Hmmm, I thought it was don't eat the pie, but I like all the others as well!

[Pucker]

That we all have to own our actions is pretty explicit throughout the story, and that the more we try to deflect the blame or escape the consequences, the worse the ripple effect becomes.

[wally wonder]

you can always count on the mob?