{"product_id":"9780881452990","title":"Poor Folk's Pleasure","description":"A roller-coaster ride through the American scene, from the Fascination Parlor to Leroy Smiles the Crab-boy, and from the movie set to the tattoo parlor to Frankie the Finn. A concert for actors.\u003cp\u003e\"Len Jenkin not only has a vivid imagination, but he also has an artist's command of his craft.\" -New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Len Jenkin has an unusual talent for reaching into shadowy places in the human psyche and coming up with evocative images.\" -Journal American (Seattle)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jenkin's plays have plenty of plot and delicious language, but the transience of experience is the main theme that runs through Jenkin's work. He manipulates theatrical illusions with a playful manner that recalls Jorge Luis Borges, to disguise meditations on mortality.\" -Village Voice (New York)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jenkin explores many of the raw nerve ends in our society; the deep need to believe an absolute, while at the same time reveling in the gratification of the present; the difference between titillation and satisfaction; the bizarre nature of reality; and the real nature of the bizarre.\" -Times, Seattle\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadway Play Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49997530267888,"sku":"9780881452990","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780881452990_p0.jpg?v=1784242098","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780881452990","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}