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The Beggar
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 25 2026
Pages: 30
Weight: 0.09
Height: 0.06 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Every morning, a wealthy man leaves his luxurious home and spends the day posing as a homeless beggar. To passing strangers, he is an object of pity; to himself, he is a brilliant businessman exploiting society's need to feel compassionate. Convinced that kindness is little more than performance, he sees every donation as proof of his own intelligence and everyone else's foolishness-until a genuinely destitute beggar appears on his corner and challenges his carefully constructed worldview.
Told through the unforgettable voice of a deeply narcissistic and morally warped narrator, The Beggar is a dark psychological satire exploring deception, performative charity, self-delusion, and the unsettling ease with which people justify their own actions.
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