{"product_id":"the-boy-on-the-swing-paperback","title":"The Boy on the Swing - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoe Harbot\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoe Harbot\u003c\/b\u003e, who graduated from the Royal Court's Young Writers' Programme, wrote his first play, \u003ci\u003eGathered Dust and Dead Skin\u003c\/i\u003e, when he was just fifteen. His other plays include \u003ci\u003eA Sock in the Wash\u003c\/i\u003e (Live Theatre, Newcastle), \u003ci\u003eFish Missing\u003c\/i\u003e (Theatre 503, Battersea), \u003ci\u003eThe Running\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMachine\u003c\/i\u003e (rehearsed reading, Royal Court Upstairs) and \u003ci\u003eThis Way Up\u003c\/i\u003e (Live Theatre, Newcastle). He has also had a short film, \u003ci\u003eLinked\u003c\/i\u003e, which was produced in 2007.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 13, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43159772233791,"sku":"9781408153802","price":29.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/Z9xWFcni_89781408153802.webp?v=1777001497","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-boy-on-the-swing-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}