| The God of Hell Contributor(s): Shepard, Sam (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400096510 ISBN-13: 9781400096510 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $11.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2005 Annotation: Pulitzer Prize winner Sam Shepard's latest play is an uproarious, brilliantly provocative farce that brings the gifts of a quintessentially American playwright to bear on the current American dilemma. Frank and Emma are a quiet, respectable couple who raise cows on their Wisconsin farm. Soon after they agree to put up Frank's old friend Haynes, who is on the lam from a secret government project involving plutonium, they're visited by Welch, an unctuous government bureaucrat from hell. His aggressive patriotism puts Frank, Emma, and Haynes on the defensive, transforming a heartland American household into a scene of torture and promoting a radioactive brand of conformity with a dangerously long half life. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | American - General - Literary Criticism | Drama - Literary Collections | American - General |
| Dewey: 812.54 |
| LCCN: 2004065122 |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 5.26" W x 8.08" (0.28 lbs) 98 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Pulitzer Prize winner Sam Shepard's latest play is an uproarious, brilliantly provocative farce that brings the gifts of a quintessentially American playwright to bear on the current American dilemma. Frank and Emma are a quiet, respectable couple who raise cows on their Wisconsin farm. Soon after they agree to put up Frank's old friend Haynes, who is on the lam from a secret government project involving plutonium, they're visited by Welch, an unctuous government bureaucrat from hell. His aggressive patriotism puts Frank, Emma, and Haynes on the defensive, transforming a heartland American household into a scene of torture and promoting a radioactive brand of conformity with a dangerously long half life. |
