{"product_id":"mogadishu-9781848422544","title":"Mogadishu","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gripping and urgent play about a well-meaning teacher who intervenes on behalf of a troublesome student, with terrifying consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhen white secondary-school teacher Amanda is pushed to the ground by black student Jason, she's reluctant to report him as she knows exclusion could condemn him to a future as troubled as his past.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBut when Jason decides to protect himself by spinning a story of his own, Amanda is sucked into a vortex of lies in which victim becomes perpetrator. With the truth becoming less clear and more dangerous by the day, it isn't long before careers, relationships and even lives are under threat.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eVivienne Franzmann's first play, \u003cem\u003eMogadishu\u003c\/em\u003e won the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting in 2008 and the George Devine Award in 2010. It was first produced at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, in 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Outstanding... Franzmann manages to make all the characters credible and well-rounded, even the damaged perpetrator... She gets to the rotten core of what's going on in these melting-pot battlegrounds... The play of the year? In my book, quite possibly'\u003c\/p\u003e * Daily Telegraph *","brand":"Nick Hern Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49413730730327,"sku":"9781848422544","price":10.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781848422544.jpg?v=1730521196","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mogadishu-9781848422544","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}