{"product_id":"9781504031479","title":"Prick Up Your Ears: The Biography of Joe Orton","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis mesmerizing story of playwright and author Joe Orton’s brief and remarkable life was named book of the year by Truman Capote and Nobel Prize–winning novelist Patrick White \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with precision and extensive detail, \u003ci\u003ePrick Up Your Ears\u003c\/i\u003e is the engrossing biography of playwright and novelist Joe Orton. Orton’s public career spanned only three years (1964–1967), but his work made a lasting mark on the international stage. From \u003ci\u003eEntertaining Mr. Sloane \u003c\/i\u003eto his career-making \u003ci\u003eLoot, \u003c\/i\u003eOrton’s plays often shocked, sometimes outraged, and always captivated audiences with their dark yet farcical cynicism. A rising star and undeniable talent, Orton left much undone when he was bludgeoned to death by his lover, Kenneth Halliwell, who had educated Orton and also dreamed of becoming a famous writer. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrick Up Your Ears\u003c\/i\u003e was the basis for the distinguished 1987 film of the same name, directed by Stephen Frears, with a screenplay by Alan Bennett, and starring Gary Oldman and Vanessa Redgrave. A brilliant, page-turning examination of the dueling forces behind Orton’s work, \u003ci\u003ePrick Up Your Ears\u003c\/i\u003e secured the playwright’s reputation as a great twentieth-century artist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Road Integrated Media LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061459402992,"sku":"9781504031479","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504031479_p0.jpg?v=1763710816","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504031479","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}