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The news that a government inspector is due to arrive in a small Russian town sends its bureaucrats into a panicked frenzy. A simple case of mistaken identity exposes the hypocrisy and corruption at the heart of the town in this biting moral satire.

David Harrower''s version of Nikolai Gogol''s Government Inspector premiered at the Warwick Arts Centre in May 2011 and transferred to Young Vic, London in June.

Government Inspector

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    A Paperback / softback by David Harrower, Nikolai Gogol

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      Publisher: Faber & Faber
      Publication Date: 16/06/2011
      ISBN13: 9780571280490, 978-0571280490
      ISBN10: 0571280498
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The news that a government inspector is due to arrive in a small Russian town sends its bureaucrats into a panicked frenzy. A simple case of mistaken identity exposes the hypocrisy and corruption at the heart of the town in this biting moral satire.

      David Harrower''s version of Nikolai Gogol''s Government Inspector premiered at the Warwick Arts Centre in May 2011 and transferred to Young Vic, London in June.

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