- Authorship, Drama, English drama, Irish authors
"A writer in a totalitarian state is interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories and their similarities to a number of child-murders that are happening in his town."--BOOK JACKET.
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About the book
- Author
- Martin McDonagh
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 104
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber, Faber & Faber, Dramatists Play Service
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780571220328
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First sentence
“Act One SCENE ONE Police interrogation room.”
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