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A blackly hilarious exploration of deceit, paranoia and murderous desire, as the spirit of the Blues lands in leafy suburbia.

Demolition expert Ned lives in a nice new house on a nice new estate on the edge of the English countryside. He loves his job. Barbecues. Car-boot sales. Fitness programmes. Outwardly his life is entirely unremarkable. Not unlike his friend and neighbour Dale.

So why has he not slept a wink in six months? Why is he so terrified of his attractive wife Joy? And why is it every time he leaves on business, something else goes missing from his home?

Jez Butterworth's play Parlour Song was first performed at the Atlantic Theater, New York, in Febraury 2008, before receiving its European premiere at the Almeida Theatre, London, in March 2009.



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'Blissfully funny... combines the comic, the erotic and the downright disconcerting with superb panache'

* Telegraph *

'Exactly captures the mundane madness beneath the bland routine of affluence'

* Guardian *

'Wickedly funny'

* Financial Times *

Parlour Song

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      Publisher Nick Hern Books
      Published 19 March 2009
      ISBN-13 9781848420267
      978-1848420267
      ISBN-10 1848420269

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A blackly hilarious exploration of deceit, paranoia and murderous desire, as the spirit of the Blues lands in leafy suburbia.

      Demolition expert Ned lives in a nice new house on a nice new estate on the edge of the English countryside. He loves his job. Barbecues. Car-boot sales. Fitness programmes. Outwardly his life is entirely unremarkable. Not unlike his friend and neighbour Dale.

      So why has he not slept a wink in six months? Why is he so terrified of his attractive wife Joy? And why is it every time he leaves on business, something else goes missing from his home?

      Jez Butterworth's play Parlour Song was first performed at the Atlantic Theater, New York, in Febraury 2008, before receiving its European premiere at the Almeida Theatre, London, in March 2009.



      Trade Review

      'Blissfully funny... combines the comic, the erotic and the downright disconcerting with superb panache'

      * Telegraph *

      'Exactly captures the mundane madness beneath the bland routine of affluence'

      * Guardian *

      'Wickedly funny'

      * Financial Times *

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