{"product_id":"prodigal-son-by-john-patrick-shanley-9781559365260","title":"Prodigal Son","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A keen, passionate portrait of the author as a poetry-spouting romantic punk torn between literary dreams and his roots in the Bronx... \u003ci\u003eProdigal Son\u003c\/i\u003e is pure, splendid Shanley: shaggily idealistic and always scratching a philosophical itch underneath jokes and banter.\" -- Davide Cote, \u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Shanley chooses characters stretched to the breaking point between rage and love... His are characters of obsessive passions who match those passions with hyper-melodic language.\" -- \u003ci\u003eBOMB\u003c\/i\u003e magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen a troubled but gifted boy from the South Bronx arrives at a private school in New Hampshire, two faculty members wrestle with how to help him adjust to his new environment. The boy is violent, brilliant, alienated, and on fire with a ferocious loneliness. As with his Pulitzer Prize-winning play, \u003ci\u003eDoubt\u003c\/i\u003e, John Patrick Shanley has drawn on his personal experiences to create an explosive portrait of a young man on the verge of either salvation or destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Patrick Shanley\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eDoubt, a parable\u003c\/i\u003e (Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Tony Award for Best Play), \u003ci\u003eOutside Mullingar\u003c\/i\u003e (Tony nomination for Best Play), \u003ci\u003eDefiance, Storefront Church, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDirty Story\u003c\/i\u003e, among many other plays. He wrote the teleplay for \u003ci\u003eLive from Baghdad\u003c\/i\u003e (Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing of a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special) and the screenplays for \u003ci\u003eCongo, Alive, Five Corners, Joe Versus the Volcano, Doubt, a parable\u003c\/i\u003e (Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay) and \u003ci\u003eMoonstruck\u003c\/i\u003e (Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47773103849708,"sku":"9781559365260","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781559365260-prodigal-son.jpg?v=1782181838","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/prodigal-son-by-john-patrick-shanley-9781559365260","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}