Williams Bucket

by Mark T. Conard

A black comedy about the underbelly of life in a small town asks why a man who wants to buy a plastic container manufacturing company might suddenly disappear, and places a struggling writer named Id Willings at the head of the investigation.

308 pages, Hardcover

Published October 10, 2005

About the author

Mark T. Conard lives in New York City. He earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Temple University in Philadelphia. He’s the author of numerous essays, and is the co-editor of The Simpsons and Philosophy, and Woody Allen and Philosophy, both published by Open Court Press; and is editor of The Philosophy of Film Noir, The Philosophy of Neo-Noir, The Philosophy of Martin Scorsese, The Philosophy of The Coen Brothers, and The Philosophy of Spike Lee (all published by The University Press of Kentucky). He’s the editor of Nietzsche and the Philosophers (Routledge, 2017). In addition, he's the author of Dark as Night (2021) and A Killer's Coda (2021), both published by Down & Out Books.