{"product_id":"the-wonderful-tower-of-humbert-lynne-alvarez-9780881450835","title":"The Wonderful Tower Of Humbert Lavoignet","description":"\u003cp\u003e \"...THE WONDERFUL TOWER is a funny, poignant, and engrossing story centering around Humbert Lavoignet, an unemployed mailman who has fallen into a six-month trance.\u003cbr\u003e When Humbert awakes, he announces that God has ordered him to do something wonderful. Humbert's inspiration is to build a tower of junk...\u003cbr\u003e Humbert is willing to sacrifice everything for the tower: his home, his marriage, and the love of his son...\u003cbr\u003e Lynne Alvarez's story is novel and coherent...\u003cbr\u003e The characters are realistic, and speak with the simple poetry of ordinary people thrust into extraordinary circumstances...\u003cbr\u003e While it is too early, and perhaps unimportant, to predict what place THE WONDERFUL TOWER OF HUMBERT LAVOIGNET will hold in theatrical history, it is fair to call it one of the best and most significant plays to open [this year]...\"\u003cbr\u003e Paul Dwyer, The Times Record (Albany)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"THE WONDERFUL TOWER OF HUMBERT LAVOIGNET is a play about vision, faith, and sacrifice...\u003cbr\u003e Alvarez has kept HUMBERT LAVOIGNET lean, light, and unencumbered...\u003cbr\u003e ...genuinely entertaining and engaging...\"\u003cbr\u003e Jim Reilly, The Saratogian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lynne Alvarez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0881450839\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780881450835\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Broadway Play Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.15d","brand":"Lynne Alvarez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48441378636031,"sku":"9780881450835","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ce4f7d88-e07b-44b6-b208-e655758def44.jpg?v=1777190512","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-wonderful-tower-of-humbert-lynne-alvarez-9780881450835","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}