{"product_id":"gloria-tcg-edition-by-branden-jacobs-jenkins-9781559365451","title":"Gloria (TCG Edition)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGloria\u003c\/em\u003e is to the New York publishing business what David Mamet's \u003cem\u003eSpeed-the-Plow\u003c\/em\u003e is to the Hollywood film industry. -\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA rare example of a contemporary play that keeps us constantly guessing where it's headed, \u003cem\u003eGloria\u003c\/em\u003e is a work not to be easily forgotten. -\u003cem\u003eHollywood Reporter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a sharp eye for the dark underbelly of human behaviour, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' new play \u003cem\u003eGloria\u003c\/em\u003e shrewdly depicts the declining, dog-eat-dog industry of publishing in New York City. As an unnamed magazine struggles with the world's encroaching descent into the digital age, the human relationships within simultaneously implode. Ani, Kendra, and Dean are the sparring, sharp-tongued assistant editors, constantly competing and complaining, vying over power and a better position. Governed by ferocious wit and corrosive dialogue, these characters spend most of the first act sniping at one another and finding ways to ignore their industry's impending doom...until, true to Jacobs-Jenkins fashion, the action is derailed by a shocking turn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBranden Jacobs-Jenkins\u003c\/strong\u003e' plays include \u003cem\u003eAn Octoroon, Neighbors, Appropriate\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWar\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eGloria\u003c\/em\u003e was named a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. He is a playwright-in-residence at Signature Theatre. He received the 2014 Obie Award for Best New American Play for both \u003cem\u003eAn Octoroon\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAppropriate\u003c\/em\u003e, the 2015 Steinberg Playwrights Award, and the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize in 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Pulitzer Prize-nominated satire on power and desperation from the award-winning playwright of \u003cem\u003eAn Octoroon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596490719468,"sku":"9781559365451","price":47.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/511d71a26e36033cb01661fae9bc8e7e.jpg?v=1777928597","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/gloria-tcg-edition-by-branden-jacobs-jenkins-9781559365451","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}