Project Gutenberg 2010-06-18 Public domain in the USA. 159 McGivern, William P. 1921 1982 McGivern, William Peter Death Makes a Mistake Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Death Makes a Mistake" by William P. McGivern is a comedic fantasy novel written in the early 1940s. The story centers around Reggie Van Fiddler, a man who finds himself confronted by Mr. Demise, an agent of Death, who informs him that his time is up. The narrative explores themes of fate, the absurdity of life and death, and the concept of destiny while blending humor with existential musings. The plot follows Reggie as he attempts to navigate the bizarre encounter with Mr. Demise, who is surprisingly inexperienced and clumsy in his duties. Initially convinced that he is being followed by an Axis agent, Reggie's worries soon turn to panic when he learns that Mr. Demise is indeed an agent of Death, sent to escort him to the afterlife. As Reggie devises a plan to elude Death by getting Mr. Demise drunk, the story evolves into a hilariously chaotic chase filled with witty dialogue. Ultimately, Reggie manages to convince Mr. Demise of a mistake in the death assignment, leading to a comical resolution involving a suggestion to find Hitler, thus incorporating dark humor into the narrative's address of mortality and fate. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/32880/32880-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 86.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Short stories Fantasy fiction World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Fiction PS Text World War II Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Humour Category: Novels 65040 2025-08-13T10:28:12.784620 text/html 61701 2010-06-18T12:05:14 text/html 122707 2025-08-13T10:28:14.902630 application/epub+zip 121468 2025-08-13T10:28:13.323627 application/epub+zip 91864 2025-08-13T10:28:13.055623 application/epub+zip 161016 2025-08-13T10:28:16.259664 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 153690 2025-08-13T10:28:14.646623 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 124481 2022-09-15T06:42:57.858123 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 56347 2025-08-13T10:28:12.501606 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 56256 2010-06-18T12:05:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19022 2025-08-13T10:28:16.393638 application/rdf+xml 31753 2025-08-13T10:28:13.118608 image/jpeg 5208 2025-08-13T10:28:13.086605 image/jpeg 111941 2010-06-18T12:05:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 21316 2010-06-18T12:05:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 112977 2025-08-13T10:28:12.794659 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog