{"product_id":"brooklyn-boy-by-donald-margulies-9781559362528","title":"Brooklyn Boy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Donald Margulies has an unerring sense of language and the ability to penetrate deeply into the darkness of tangled human emotions.\" - Joel Hirschhorn, \u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Quietly melancholic... Margulies has a near-matchless ear for what common speech can express and what it can only hint at. He explores the queasy relationships between life and art, love and estrangement, and the bane that is American identity drift, with unsparing but compassionate candor.\" - Misha Berson, \u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Margulies's remarkable gift of building characterization through realistic dialogue is undiminished. Full of aching ruefulness that underlies the comedy, \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Boy\u003c\/i\u003e's scenes are written with precision and humour. The play isn't about Brooklyn, nor is it about a boy—it's about a man without a home.\" - Don Shirley, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis new play by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eDinner with Friends\u003c\/i\u003e follows the career of Eric Weiss, a writer whose novel hits the bestseller list at the same time his life begins to unravel. His wife is out the door, his father is in the hospital, and his childhood friend thinks he has sold himself to the devil. A funny and emotionally rich look at family, friends, and fame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonald Margulies\u003c\/b\u003e received the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for \u003ci\u003eDinner with Friends\u003c\/i\u003e. The play received numerous awards, including the American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award, the Dramatists Guild\/Hull-Warriner Award, the Lucille Lortel Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, and a Drama Desk nomination, and has been produced all over the United States and around the world. In addition to his adaptation of \u003ci\u003eGod of Vengeance\u003c\/i\u003e, his many plays include \u003ci\u003eCollected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Country House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSight Unseen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Model Apartment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Loman Family Picnic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhat's Wrong with This Picture?\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTime Stands Still\u003c\/i\u003e. Mr. Margulies currently lives with his wife and their son in New Haven, Connecticut, where he teaches playwriting at Yale University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47605166670060,"sku":"9781559362528","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781559362528-brooklyn-boy.jpg?v=1778125502","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/brooklyn-boy-by-donald-margulies-9781559362528","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}