{"product_id":"trueman-and-the-arsonists-max-frisch-9781350446410","title":"Trueman and the Arsonists","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBut the best disguise, I find, is always the absolute bollock naked truth. It's really strange. Nobody believes it.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is an amoral morality play. It's also got songs in it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFires keep starting. All across the city, arsonists worm their way into respectable people's homes only to burn them all down. It's a plague. And we don't know why. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Trueman is no fool. He can spot an arsonist from a mile away. These two strangers with troubled pasts who turn up on his doorstep asking for a spare room can't be arsonists. They're too polite. Like him. Everybody is far too respectable to act on their suspicions. Even when they fill his attic with barrels of petrol and ask him to help measure the fuse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a new version by Simon Stephens, with songs by Chris Thorpe, \u003ci\u003eTrueman and the \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eArsonists\u003c\/i\u003e explores how moral lethargy can invite evil in - even encouraging you to give it a warm blanket and a nice dinner. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at the Roundhouse in London, in October 2023.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Max Frisch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350446416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350446410\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\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.19d","brand":"Max Frisch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44717287670015,"sku":"9781350446410","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_12424d1b-2d44-42de-a605-7660d91a0649.jpg?v=1705687689","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/trueman-and-the-arsonists-max-frisch-9781350446410","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}