. . "Historical fiction." . . "The master executioner"@en . "The master executioner" . . "Fiction"@en . "Fiction" . . . "Western stories"@en . "Western stories" . "Psychological fiction"@en . . "Psychological fiction" . . "Detective and mystery fiction"@en . "Detective and mystery stories"@en . . . . . . . . . "Oscar Stone, a master executioner for more than a quarter century, is utterly alone with his craft until one day a single piece of knowledge brings him to a moment of devastating truth." . "Hangman Oscar Stone is a master executioner, who prides himself on his careful and exacting work, until a sudden moment of realization and devastating truth forces him to come to terms with himself and his profession."@en . . . "The Master Executioner"@en . . . . "\"Oscar Stone is a hangman. Ordinary people do not understand Oscar Stone or his motives. Everything he does, he does impeccably. He is more bloodless than bloodthirsty. He is a profound student of his art, completely versed in its traditions over the centuries. He is a student of ropes and their properties, a master of the latest scientific knowledge about the human neck, a careful calculator of weights and drops, and an exacting observer of results.\"--Jacket." .