{"product_id":"reckless-and-other-plays-paperback-1","title":"Reckless and Other Plays - 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\u003eCraig Lucas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe men and women of Craig Lucas's plays abandon their illusions of safety and bravely enter wonderlands full of strangeness, cruelty and compassion. Equally attentive to the smallest details of human behavior and to the wellsprings of isolation and hope that inform it, Lucas's lyrical precision creates timeless works of tragedy for the 21st century. This collection includes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eReckless\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A perkily told sad story of a runaway waif-woman in the wide, wild world, \u003ci\u003eReckless\u003c\/i\u003e remains a beguilingly sneaky crash course in the loss of innocence...When [Lucas] is at his best, and \u003ci\u003eReckless\u003c\/i\u003e definitely qualifies as that, no one can beat him at plying cartoon cuteness to probe the fears that keep grownups awake at night.\" -Ben Brantley, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A satiric fantasy... this comic odyssey, which is as dark as it is hilarious, is as wonderful and indelible as anything Frank Capra could have imagined.\" -\u003ci\u003eStark Insider\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eReckless\u003c\/i\u003e is a slickly warm, yet zany dark comedy, often lying just on the borders of the mundane. Characters and situations seem to exist as if in a waking dream, just a heartbeat away from dissolving into nothingness and making you wonder whether they ever really existed at all.\" -\u003ci\u003eTalkin' Broadway\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlue Window\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBlue Window\u003c\/i\u003e...has something of the clarity of a Mozart quintet. It's light, but it also seems to shed light. It's clear, but it suggests mysteries. And it's faultlessly spun.\" -Dan Sullivan, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lucas identifies with his most victimized characters; the absurd comedy that permeates most of these works is the result of a victim's paranoid sense of humor.\" -\u003ci\u003eChicago Reader\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eStranger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Crackling! \u003ci\u003eStranger\u003c\/i\u003e has powerful heights of excitement...it's the irresistible force meeting the immovable object, a collision that sends off sparks.\" -Michael Feingold, \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The ever-questing author of \u003ci\u003ePrelude to a Kiss\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Dying Gaul\u003c\/i\u003e here presents an extreme portrait of a couple that suggests that at the heart of all relationships are the urges to torture and be hurt. Whatever role you choose, it seems, there is fear and loathing in love, much of it self-directed.\" -Ben Brantley, \u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Chill-inducing! A stranger play than \u003ci\u003eStranger\u003c\/i\u003e we are not likely to see anytime soon... There is a breathtaking fearlessness to Lucas' writing here.\" -\u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCraig Lucas\u003c\/b\u003e is a playwright, screenwriter and director. His plays include \u003ci\u003ePrelude to a Kiss, Reckless, Blue Window, God's Heart, The Singing Forest\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSmall Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e. His screenplays include \u003ci\u003eLongtime Companion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Lives of Dentists\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Dying Gaul\u003c\/i\u003e, which he also directed. Mr. Lucas' awards include the L.A. Drama Critics Award, an OBIE Award for Best Play and Best Director, and the Excellence in Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCraig Lucas recently won the 2004 OBIE Award for Best Play for his work \"Small Tragedy\". He is the author of numerous plays including \"Reckless\" and \"A Prelude to A Kiss\", both of which were Broadway successes and made into films.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 8.52 x 5.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47220258504953,"sku":"9781559362115","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/F1-Ka8oEHF9781559362115_9bee66e7-94ac-45e9-b778-2215c3aeb05b.webp?v=1768174689","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/reckless-and-other-plays-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}