Book details
Wrecks
And Other Plays
Author: Neil LaBute
Wrecks
$11.99
About This Book
Book Details
Can someone honestly love a person whom they have deceived for thirty years? This is the central question behind Wrecks, Neil LaBute's latest foray into the dark side of human nature. Meet Edward Carr: loving father, successful businessman, grieving widower. In this concise powerhouse of a play, LaBute limns the boundaries of love, exploring the limits of what society will accept versus what the heart will desire. This collection also features rarely staged short plays, including "Liars' Club," "Coax," and the never-before-seen "Falling in Like."
Imprint Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN
9781429996464
In The News
“LaBute's . . . cruel wit and chronicles of immoral moralizers have made him, arguably, the most legitimately provocative and polarizing playwright at work today.” —David Amsden, New York
“A tough-minded writer.” —Michael Kuchwara, The Washington Post
“LaBute . . . continues to probe the fascinating dark side of individualism . . . [His] great gift is to live in and to chronicle that murky area of not-knowing, which mankind spends much of its waking life denying.” —John Lahr, The New Yorker
“A playwright [with] an unparalleled ear for dialogue.” —Jacque Le Sourd, The Journal News