MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02110cam a2200325 i 4500
001 2014011245
003 DLC
005 20141108082639.0
008 140325s2014 nyu 000 0 eng
010 $a 2014011245
020 $a9781559364515 (paperback)
020 $z9781559367585 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPS3612.E887$bK55 2014
082 00 $a812/.6$223
084 $aDRA001000$aSOC051000$aFIC033000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aLetts, Tracy,$d1965-
245 10 $aKiller Joe /$cTracy Letts.
264 1 $aNew York :$bTheatre Communications Group,$c2014.
300 $a82 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a""One of our most valuable playwrights."-Time Out New York"A hideously funny tabloid noir. Letts' balance of irony and empathy continues to impress."-LA WeeklyA definitively dysfunctional family gives in to its basest instincts and is forced to face hidden truths in this twisted modern-day fairy tale by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of August: Osage County. Performed in fifteen countries and twelve languages since its 1998 stage debut, Killer Joe is "a terrifically tasty potboiler. It has the enjoyable hairpin turns of the standard mystery thriller, but it's the skewed shifting relationships that keep you hooked" (The New York Times). Now a critically acclaimed film adapted by the playwright and starring Matthew McConaughey.Tracy Letts is the author of the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play August: Osage County (soon to be a feature film starring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts). His other plays include Bug, Superior Donuts, and Man from Nebraska, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He is an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago as playwright and actor. "--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aDysfunctional families$vDrama.
650 0 $aFamily secrets$vDrama.
650 7 $aDRAMA / American.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFICTION / Westerns.$2bisacsh