{"product_id":"9781350175099","title":"Lucy Prebble Plays 1: The Sugar Syndrome; Enron; The Effect; A Very Expensive Poison","description":"Author: Prebble, Lucy\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781350175099\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 29 Oct 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 384 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucy Prebble is one of Britain's foremost writers for the stage and screen. This eagerly anticipated play collection brings together her landmark plays for the first time, showcasing her work from 2003 to 2019. Beginning with her George Devine Award-winning play \u003ci\u003eThe Sugar Syndrome\u003c\/i\u003e it continues through her explosive look at the biggest financial scandal in history, concluding with her pointed dramatization of the one of the most shocking news stories of the 2010s. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe Sugar Syndrome (2003) \u003c\/i\u003eDani is on a mission. She's just 17, hates her parents, skives college and prefers life in the chatrooms. What she's looking for is someone honest and direct. Instead she finds Tim, a man twice her age, who thinks she is 11 and a boy. What seems at first to be a case of crossed wires, ends up as an unlikely, and unsettling friendship between the two, which culminates in a shocking, and morally challenging revelation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnron (2009) \u003c\/i\u003eOne of the most infamous scandals in financial history became a theatrical epic in \u003ci\u003eEnron\u003c\/i\u003e, a dazzling exposition of the shadowy mechanisms of economic deceit. Mixing classical tragedy with savage comedy and surreal metaphor, \u003ci\u003eEnron\u003c\/i\u003e follows a group of flawed men and women in a narrative of greed and loss which reviews the tumultuous 1990s, and the financial chaos which has spilled over into the new century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Effect (2012) \u003c\/i\u003e a clinical romance. Two young volunteers, Tristan and Connie, agree to take part in a clinical drug trial. Succumbing to the gravitational pull of attraction and love, however, Tristan and Connie manage to throw the trial off course, much to the frustration of the clinicians involved.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Very Expensive Poison (2019) \u003c\/i\u003eA shocking assassination in the heart of London. In a bizarre mix of high-stakes global politics and radioactive villainy, a man pays with his life. At this time of global crises and a looming new Cold War, \u003ci\u003eA Very Expensive Poison\u003c\/i\u003e sends us careering through the shadowy world of international espionage from Moscow to Mayfair.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46629792317598,"sku":"UBD-9781350175099","price":44.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781350175099.jpg?v=1774221122","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781350175099","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}