{"product_id":"9781408161876","title":"Rafts and Dreams \u0026 Outside the Whale","description":"\"Robert Holman is the quiet man among modern British dramatists. But his new play...is an outstanding work that sings with truth\" (Michael Billington, Guardian)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRafts and Dreams: \"While digging up the roots of a tree in the garden, Neil, Leo and Hetty uncover a vast underground lake which floods away the world. With Leo at the tiller of his sawn-away living room, the trio begin a voyage of the earth's watery surface. It is a surrealist fantasy at its most thought-provoking, a play whose best bits manage to work like a dream\" (Paul Taylor, Independent). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOutside the Whale is a fictional account of the writer George Orwell set in the early 30s in which the action moves easily over a period of three years and settings as various as the basement warehouse of the publishers Victor Gollancz, a hen-hut in Essex and the dosshouse in Romford.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152002531568,"sku":"9781408161876","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781408161876_p0.jpg?v=1763719236","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781408161876","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}