{"product_id":"lee-hall-plays-lee-hall-9780413771919","title":"Lee Hall Plays: 1: Cooking with Elvis\/Bollocks\/Spoonface Steinberg\/I Love You, Jimmy Spud\/Wittgenstein on Tyne\/Genie\/Two's Company\/Children of the Rai","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first collection of plays from one of Britain's finest young writers \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpoonface Steinberg, Lee Hall's extraordinary, award-winning play about faith, love and the meaning of life was first broadcast on Radio Four in 1997 to unprecedented acclaim. It \"contains a good deal more truth than a thousand lectures on the nature of existence\" (Guardian). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCooking with Elvis is an Ortonesque black comedy about the family of a famous Elvis impersonator who is now tied to a wheelchair. \"Disgracefully entertaining\" (Daily Telegraph); \"So sharp it could cut itself as it piles on the humour\" (Guardian). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBollocks! is inspired by Ernst Toller's masterpiece Hinkemann. Re-located to Northern Ireland it is an examination of the impotence of lives ruined by war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlso included here are six previously unpublished radio and stage plays that prove Hall's talent as our pre-eminent contemporary writer of black comedy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lee Hall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0413771911\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780413771919\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berg 3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 311\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.88h x 5.20w x 0.81d","brand":"Lee Hall","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47087460450559,"sku":"9780413771919","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f68fd2cc-df4a-4c0c-bf07-912250088d95.jpg?v=1753849952","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lee-hall-plays-lee-hall-9780413771919","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}