{"product_id":"party-time-and-the-new-harold-pinter-9780802133526","title":"Party Time and the New World Order","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo plays from the Nobel Prize winner that holds an undisputed place in the front ranks of contemporary playwrights.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese two plays, \u003ci\u003eParty Time\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New World Order\u003c\/i\u003e, work in chilling tandem, each demonstrating the inevitable brutality that comes with a total conviction of right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eParty Time\u003c\/i\u003e is a terrifying portrait of the culpable indifference of a privileged class, of the cruelty engendered in its members by political disruption, and of their merciless extinction of dissent. At an elegant cocktail party, a stylish bourgeoisie discusses country clubs and summer homes, while below in the streets a sinister military presence protects them from the unmentionable horrors of poverty, vulgarity, squalor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe New World Order\u003c\/i\u003e, two interrogators harass a man whom they condemn for his questioning of received ideas, and whom we know only as threat to their closed vision of democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harold Pinter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802133525\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802133526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/29\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.14h x 5.38w x 0.30d","brand":"Harold Pinter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48871624704255,"sku":"9780802133526","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/party-time-and-the-new-harold-pinter-9780802133526","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}