- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Faber and Faber (18 Sep 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0571205747
- ISBN-13: 978-0571205745
- Product Dimensions: 12.6 x 1.1 x 19.7 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 636,168 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"[Hare is] one of the few major playwrights in our language." --"New York Post"
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David Hare's play, My Zinc Bed, continues the run of work in which he has sought to describe the atmosphere of contemporary Britain. A successful entrepreneur, Victor Quinn, employs a young poet, Paul Peplow, to decorate the legend of his fast-growing Internet business. Nothing prepares either man for an outcome which makes for a compelling story of romance and addiction.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Meant to be heard not read!!
23 Dec 2008
Format:Paperback
An HBO movie was made of the play starring Jonathan Price, Uma Thurman and Paddy Considine. In the hands of these artists, the dialogue is nuanced, hopeless, vicious, desperate, lonely, often cruel and rarely funny. They took my breath away. I think it helps if you have a passing aquaintance with addiction. I would view the book as the written record of this performance. Catch it if you can.
Jody
www.daybreaklavenderfarm.com
Jody
www.daybreaklavenderfarm.com
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Slow and somewhat tedious.
9 Dec 2003
Format:Paperback
I read the publisher's review of this play. I didn't find the play comical at all--not even darkly comical. It was indeed a bit dark, icy, and stark. If the aloof characters' ennui and distain were intended as comical, then the playwright has been writing in some sublime effusion that I can't seem to grasp. There is some nice poignant dialog every now and then, but I really can't recommend that anyone should buy the book for those rare moments. Perhaps if it is meant as a postmodern existentialist work, it could offer something to the reader. I hope that future reviewers will offer their own greater understandings. My recommendation: don't spend a lot of money on this.
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