{"product_id":"9780881452495","title":"Blackbird","description":"It's Christmas Eve: a Desert Storm veteran with a herniated disk and a 19-year-old runaway heroin addict share the holiday in a filthy, rundown squat on New York's Canal Street. This unusual love story is grimly compelling, mixing gritty honesty with remarkable generosity and compassion, striking a delicate balance between the sweet and difficult moments in human interaction.\u003cp\u003e\"... a terrifically impressive British debut for new U S playwright Adam Rapp. Froggy and Baylis are two wrecked drifters in a New York squat ... BLACKBIRD could, in the hands of a lesser dramatist, be a crude mix of in-your-face grunge and sentimentality ... actually, the squalor here is both appalling and cryingly funny and Rapp has a brilliant ear for talk.\" -The Independent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There is a strange tenderness in Rapp's writing that marks him out as one to watch. Rapp has genuine Gorky-esque talent and loves his characters as all-consumingly as they do each other.\" -The Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadway Play Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49878751936752,"sku":"9780881452495","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780881452495","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}