{"product_id":"9781408156322","title":"The Boy on the Swing","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Boy on the Swing\u003c\/i\u003e portrays an individual in the throes of a corporation with intimidating authority and an almost inexplicable leverage to trap and injure. Upon finding a mysterious business card labelled 'Talk to God' in the street, protagonist Earl Hunt comes into contact with the Hope and Trust Foundation which offers the chance to meet God - for a price. After submitting credit card details during a bafflingly threatening phone interview, Earl proceeds to a visit to the Hope and Trust office full of unfathomable power games which alternate between geniality and intimidating menace. The promised meeting with 'God' arrives when, in a dingy room, Earl finally comes into contact with an old man of 85.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the pseudo business-evangelical spiel of the Hope and Trust Foundation to the frugal simplicity of the man presented as God, Joe Harbot's range and pace is cleverly broad and elusive. From a set-up which subtly suggests the mercenary exploitation of the lost and the lonely, the play's arc turns to darker and stranger themes of metaphysical significance. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Boy on the Swing\u003c\/i\u003e is an enigmatic piece of writing, sometimes baffling and sometimes blackly funny. For all its bizarre and perplexing notes, the play has a smart, dark sense of humour and grapples with abstract, preternatural questions.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152930586864,"sku":"9781408156322","price":10.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781408156322_p0.jpg?v=1763719635","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781408156322","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}