Name: The Pillowman

Author: Martin McDonagh
Year: 2003
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Play, Fiction, Horror, Contemporary, Science fiction, Dystopia

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9780571220328
9780822221005
0571220320
0822221004
A writer in a totalitarian state is interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories and their similarities to a number of child-murders that are happening in his town.

'Sometimes you don't even know what you've been craving until the real thing comes along.' New York Times

'McDonagh is more than just a very clever theatrical stylist. His tricks and turns have a purpose. They are bridges over a deep pit of sympathy and sorrow, illuminated by a tragic vision of stunted and frustrated lives.' Fintan O'Toole, Irish Times

Martin McDonagh's searingly brilliant new play premi�res at the National Theatre, London in November 2003.
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