{"product_id":"9781780012827","title":"Shining City (NHB Modern Plays)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA brilliant, haunting play from the multi-award winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Weir\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIan has left the priesthood to become a therapist. John is one of his first clients. John's wife has been killed in a car accident, and he keeps receiving visits from her ghost. John, with Ian's help, starts to recover. But what begins as an unusual encounter becomes a desperate struggle between the living and the dead - a struggle which will shape and define both of them for the rest of their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShining City\u003c\/i\u003e premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in June 2004.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'moving, compassionate, ingenious and absolutely gripping ... scenes that provoke great, generous gales of laughter, others that send a shiver of fear down the spine ... riveting' \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'quiet, haunting and absolutely glorious... as close to perfection as contemporary playwriting gets' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'compulsively gripping... McPherson brilliantly reconciles the mundane and the metaphysical' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hern, Nick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152065249520,"sku":"9781780012827","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780012827_p0.jpg?v=1763712791","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780012827","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}