Shiver (Modern Plays) [Paperback]

Declan Hughes (Author)

Book Description

Series: Modern Plays | Publication Date: March 24, 2003

A brand new play by an established young Irish writer We all have to work hard these days that's just the way it is." A new executive breed is emerging in a quarry on the outskirts of Dublin - where once there was a sense of history and socialism, the corporate moguls have enslaved the idealists and turned them into entrepreneurs. Whilst Marion is an ad exec on the make, Kevin is the house-husband with the baby and time to nurture his much-vaunted creative powers. But when the bottom falls out of the market for their dot-com neighbour Richard, an economic squall threatens to sink their fragile emotional prosperity. "Declan Hughes has a keen eye for absurdity, a quirky sense of humour and a knack for making acrimony amusing while not underrating the seriousness of the issues." The Times Published to tie in with opening directed by Lynne Parker for Rough Magic at the Project Arts Centre, Dublin Praise for Declan Hughes' writing: "savagely comic", "compelling", "darkly funny

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: A&C Black Pod (March 24, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0413773612
• ISBN-13: 978-0413773616
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,307,211 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Declan Hughes is the author of the Ed Loy PI series: The Wrong Kind of Blood; The Colour of Blood; The Price of Blood/The Dying Breed; and All The Dead Voices. His books have been nominated for the Edgar, CWA New Blood Dagger, Shamus, Macavity and Theakston's Old Peculier awards, and The Wrong Kind of Blood won the Shamus for Best First PI Novel. Declan is also an award-winning playwright, and the co-founder and former artistic director of Dublin's Rough Magic Theatre Company. His latest novel is called City of Lost Girls.