{"product_id":"haunted-child-paperback-1","title":"Haunted Child - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoe Penhall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe have the tools to enlighten and yet our world is darkening. We live in an era of pessimism and worry; we are hollowed out, lurching from crisis to crisis, with no faith that anything will improve, and no great hopes to sustain us. So what's the answer? \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA small boy is driving his mother to distraction - waking at night, hearing phantom noises and fixating on his absent father. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDouglas attends an innocuous motivational course involving esoteric philosophy and mysteriously abandons his wife and child to \"live in a specific, pre-ordained way according to the tenets of a spiritual leader.\" Is it a predatory cult or the solution to all their problems? And how can a small child be expected to understand adult thinking at its most complex and self-destructive? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis first dramatic work since 2007, \u003ci\u003eHaunted Child\u003c\/i\u003e marks the return to the stage of multi-award winning playwright and screenwriter Joe Penhall. With his trademark dark humour and sly observation, he poignantly explores the gulf between childhood and adulthood and asks disturbing questions about the lure of spiritual release in increasingly difficult times.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning writer Joe Penhall was described by \u003ci\u003eThe Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e as 'one of the finest playwrights of his generation.' His debut at the Royal Court, \u003ci\u003eSome Voices\u003c\/i\u003e, won the John Whiting Award for best new play. His National Theatre play \u003ci\u003eBlue\/Orange \u003c\/i\u003ewon an Olivier Award, an Evening Standard Award and the Critics Circle Award for Best Play. Joe wrote and produced the BAFTA winning BBC serial \u003ci\u003eMoses Jones\u003c\/i\u003e and his feature film of \u003ci\u003eSome Voices \u003c\/i\u003estarred Daniel Craig and premiered in competition at the Cannes Film festival . This was followed by \u003ci\u003eEnduring Love\u003c\/i\u003e, also starring Daniel Craig, based on Ian McEwan's novel; and his adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Road\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Charlize Theron and Viggo Mortensen, which premiered in competition at the Venice Film Festival in 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47219517096185,"sku":"9781408159651","price":24.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/RWxwQTJXZTBiOVY4OVFoQW1wcVdiQT09_cd973407-db39-4249-ac7d-ee267c2093e0.webp?v=1768166381","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/haunted-child-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}