{"product_id":"the-boy-on-the-swing-joe-harbot-9781408153802","title":"The Boy on the Swing","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Boy on the Swing\u003c\/i\u003e portrays an individual in the throes of a corporation with intimidating authority and an almost inexplicable leverage to trap and injure. Upon finding a mysterious business card labelled 'Talk to God' in the street, protagonist Earl Hunt comes into contact with the Hope and Trust Foundation which offers the chance to meet God - for a price. After submitting credit card details during a bafflingly threatening phone interview, Earl proceeds to a visit to the Hope and Trust office full of unfathomable power games which alternate between geniality and intimidating menace. The promised meeting with 'God' arrives when, in a dingy room, Earl finally comes into contact with an old man of 85.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the pseudo business-evangelical spiel of the Hope and Trust Foundation to the frugal simplicity of the man presented as God, Joe Harbot's range and pace is cleverly broad and elusive. From a set-up which subtly suggests the mercenary exploitation of the lost and the lonely, the play's arc turns to darker and stranger themes of metaphysical significance. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Boy on the Swing\u003c\/i\u003e is an enigmatic piece of writing, sometimes baffling and sometimes blackly funny. For all its bizarre and perplexing notes, the play has a smart, dark sense of humour and grapples with abstract, preternatural questions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joe Harbot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1408153807\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781408153802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.30d","brand":"Joe Harbot","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47611675705599,"sku":"9781408153802","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_959dadc5-75ac-4805-ac84-b9ec536e895f.jpg?v=1764515332","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-boy-on-the-swing-joe-harbot-9781408153802","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}