{"product_id":"prodigal-son-tcg-edition-john-patrick-shanley-9781559365260","title":"Prodigal Son (Tcg Edition)","description":"\"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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Patrick Shanley\u003c\/b\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).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Patrick Shanley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1559365269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781559365260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Theatre Communications Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.30d","brand":"John Patrick Shanley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050529779967,"sku":"9781559365260","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2b576104-aa05-4bcc-82e7-52bcf8f62d63.jpg?v=1685007771","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/prodigal-son-tcg-edition-john-patrick-shanley-9781559365260","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}