{"product_id":"the-grand-gesture-deborah-mcandrew-9781472531186","title":"The Grand Gesture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe world was cruel to Simeon Duff\u003cbr\u003eMad and mired in the deepest slough\u003cbr\u003eNobody seemed to give a stuff\u003cbr\u003e'bout Simeon, Simeon Duff\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSimeon Duff is working class, unemployed and desperate. His wife works. He's lost all self-esteem. He's on the scrap heap and wants to end it all . . . and so begins this brilliantly insane comedy about a man on the edge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen word gets out that Duff is going to top himself, a host of ne'er-do-wells crawl out of the woodwork, each wanting to claim his grand gesture for their 'noble cause'. Let's face it, why waste a death? But which cause shall it be . . . love, politics, religion, or the rising price of fish? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWill the disillusioned Duff go through with it? Will he really top himself for a dubious cause? Is he worth it? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn adaptation of Nikolai Erdman's \u003ci\u003eThe Suicide\u003c\/i\u003e (1928), \u003ci\u003eThe Grand Gesture \u003c\/i\u003eis a witty satire of lobbyists seeking political control.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Deborah McAndrew\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472531183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472531186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\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 5.10w x 0.40d","brand":"Deborah McAndrew","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48013941047551,"sku":"9781472531186","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_808728a0-faac-46b7-8846-16aa9a2520b9.jpg?v=1767745728","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-grand-gesture-deborah-mcandrew-9781472531186","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}