{"product_id":"prick-up-your-ears-the-biography-of-joe-orton-9781504031479","title":"Prick Up Your Ears: The Biography of Joe Orton","description":"\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\u003cbr\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. \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Lahr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Integrated Media LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 365\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781504031479","brand":"Open Road Integrated Media LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43195511701641,"sku":"9781504031479","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_df1c78b2-d2c4-4f39-b9f9-ba4e308d7854.jpg?v=1733860424","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/prick-up-your-ears-the-biography-of-joe-orton-9781504031479","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}