{"product_id":"isaac-came-home-from-the-phil-ormrod-9781786825148","title":"Isaac Came Home from the Mountain","description":"Longlisted for The Bruntwood Prize, Phil Ormrod's searing play, \u003ci\u003eIsaac Came Home from the Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e is about searching for a future in the dying heart of England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBobby's out of school and out of work. There's nothing going and nowhere to go. A job with Mike at the local scrapyard seems like everything he needs. A steady wage. A bit of self-respect. A chance to make good. But with the odds against him, and Mike's layabout son to contend with, it's not that easy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDriven by a dogged determination to prove his worth, Bobby makes a devastating mistake and risks throwing away his new life before it's begun.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Set in a \"sh*thole\" town in central England, wracked by the death throes of industry and austerity, \u003ci\u003eIsaac Came Home from the Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e wonders where today's working men wash up. In a post-Blairite state that pushes young men through college towards lowly white-collar jobs - estate agents and call centres - what becomes of those better suited to an honest day's graft\" (WhatsOnStage)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Phil Ormrod\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1786825147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781786825148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oberon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.10w x 0.30d","brand":"Phil Ormrod","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47611825422591,"sku":"9781786825148","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e3ff454e-63e9-4418-b4dd-c7aa87dfe38a.jpg?v=1764516318","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/isaac-came-home-from-the-phil-ormrod-9781786825148","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}