{"product_id":"the-unfinished-harauld-hughes-richard-ayoade-9780571377893","title":"The Unfinished Harauld Hughes","description":"\u003cb\u003eRichard Ayoade's dogged quest to rescue Harauld Hughes - the great mid-century playwright, and Ayoade's uncanny doppelganger - from obscurity.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe gifted filmmaker, corduroy activist and amateur dentist, Richard Ayoade, first chanced upon a copy of \u003ci\u003eThe Two-Hander Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e by Harauld Hughes in a second-hand bookshop. At first startled by his uncanny resemblance to the author's photo, he opened the volume and was electrified. Terse, aggressive, and elliptical, what was true of Ayoade was also true of Hughes's writing, which encompassed stage, screen, and some of the shortest poems ever published.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ayoade embarked on a documentary, \u003ci\u003eThe Unfinished Harauld Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e, to understand the unfathomable collapse of Hughes's final film \u003ci\u003eO Bedlam! O Bedlam!, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003etaking us deep inside the most furious British writer since the Boer War.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is the story of the story of that quest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Ayoade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0571377890\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780571377893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Richard Ayoade","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46094071038207,"sku":"9780571377893","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_78347c19-4e4b-442c-886d-ee5dc1252bce.jpg?v=1724843612","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-unfinished-harauld-hughes-richard-ayoade-9780571377893","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}