Commissioned on the occasion of the Cindy Sherman exhibition, the book is described on the back cover: In The Peasant and the Devil, a group of friends act out some of the oldest European tales against a contemporary background, inspired by the role-playing art of New York photographer Cindy Sherman. . . Death's messengers / as told by Tim Pickstone -- Frau Trude / as told anonymously -- The peasant and the devil / as told by Graham Worden -- The louse and the flea / as told by Caitlin Masley, A gift in memory of Peter Ward Britton