{"product_id":"man-in-a-suitcase-matthew-lee-9781514691380","title":"Man in a Suitcase: ITC-land Volume 1","description":"Lew Grade's pioneering ITC company created a production line of quirky new drama series for British Independent Television in the 1960s, fulfilling a vision of providing entertaining, colour film series for a global market. In the first of a proposed series of critical guides, Avengers expert Rodney Marshall and television historian Matthew Lee explore ITC's Man in a Suitcase. Their book offers new, inventive readings of all thirty episodes.Man in a Suitcase is a product of its mid-1960s context, exploring themes such as Cold War espionage and Swinging Sixties playgirls, yet most of the stories also have a timeless feel to them: political corruption, blackmail, murder, missing persons or money, art theft. Despite the private detective\/bounty hunter formula, there are welcome elements of playfulness, quirkiness, surrealism and a healthy abundance of social and political critique. Man in a Suitcase cannot be simplistically labelled as 'light entertainment' given the dark subject matter and its treatment. It blurs the boundaries between television drama genres.\"A product of its time and a timeless product: Man in a Suitcase will always be a conundrum.\" (Matthew Lee)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Lee, Rodney Marshall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1514691388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781514691380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.77d","brand":"Matthew Lee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985388568831,"sku":"9781514691380","price":18.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0d607a76-856a-4753-b1a7-4f0e48de3fad.jpg?v=1683277278","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/man-in-a-suitcase-matthew-lee-9781514691380","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}