| Blackbird Contributor(s): Rapp, Adam (Author) |
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ISBN: 0881452491 ISBN-13: 9780881452495 Publisher: Broadway Play Publishing OUR PRICE: $15.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | American - General |
| Physical Information: 0.15" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.21 lbs) 72 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It's Christmas Eve: a Desert Storm veteran with a herniated disk and a 19-year-old runaway heroin addict share the holiday in a filthy, rundown squat on New York's Canal Street. This unusual love story is grimly compelling, mixing gritty honesty with remarkable generosity and compassion, striking a delicate balance between the sweet and difficult moments in human interaction. ..". a terrifically impressive British debut for new U S playwright Adam Rapp. Froggy and Baylis are two wrecked drifters in a New York squat ... BLACKBIRD could, in the hands of a lesser dramatist, be a crude mix of in-your-face grunge and sentimentality ... actually, the squalor here is both appalling and cryingly funny and Rapp has a brilliant ear for talk." -The Independent "There is a strange tenderness in Rapp's writing that marks him out as one to watch. Rapp has genuine Gorky-esque talent and loves his characters as all-consumingly as they do each other." -The Guardian |