{"product_id":"9781780013527","title":"After the Dance (The Rattigan Collection)","description":"\u003cp\u003eRattigan's attack on the moral vacuity of the 'bright young things' of the twenties and thirties, written between \u003ci\u003eFrench Without Tears\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Deep Blue Sea\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid is a high-living, hard-drinking, successful writer involved with two women: his wife Joan and an earnest-minded younger woman, Helen. When Joan commits suicide David considers following her but instead returns to a life of parties and drinking.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis edition includes an authoritative introduction, biographical sketch and chronology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'one of the supreme dramatists of the 20th century' - \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'a harrowing critique of a period of heedless frivolity and a dazzling reminder of the strengths of Rattigan’s writing' - \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'a great and wonderful revelation... combines superb social comedy with shafts of powerful emotion' - \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hern, Nick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152233545968,"sku":"9781780013527","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780013527_p0.jpg?v=1763712821","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780013527","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}