{"product_id":"blackbird-9780881452495","title":"Blackbird","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Adam Rapp\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Broadway Play Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Broadway Play Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt'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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadway Play Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46884282564759,"sku":"9780881452495","price":1455.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780881452495.webp?v=1770242739","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/blackbird-9780881452495","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}