{"product_id":"9780571278305","title":"South Downs: With, Mere Fact, Mere Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Blakemore is a solitary boy who finds it impossible either to understand or adapt to the ways of the school. His adolescent earnestness put off teacher and pupil alike. And now suddenly he seems to be in danger of losing his only friend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Hare's emotional new play, written at the invitation of the Rattigan estate as a response to \u003cb\u003eThe Browning Version\u003c\/b\u003e, is a meditation on faith, learning and teenage friendship, played against the backdrop of a Britain still fighting to maintain an established rule.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollected with \u003cb\u003eSouth Downs\u003c\/b\u003e is the text of Hare's lecture \u003cb\u003eMere Fact, Mere Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e delivered to the Royal Society of Literature in 2010. In a famous defence of documentary theatre, the author celebrates the power of metaphor to transform factual quite as much as fictional material.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161098666224,"sku":"9780571278305","price":10.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571278305_p0.jpg?v=1763719034","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571278305","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}