It’s all in a day’s work for high-flying literary agent Alexander; manuscripts to read, deals to be done, celebrity clients to be taken out to lunch… but first there is an author to deal with whose latest book the agent thinks is, frankly, not up to scratch.
However he hadn't counted on the author's resourcefulness...
"A poisonously neat exposé of a vulture culture in which literature is a commodity rated not for its value but for its price." John Peter THE SUNDAY TIMES
**** "An absorbing play." Benedict Nightingale THE TIMES
"An amusing clash of literary wills... All writers and would-be writers are bound to shudder in pained recognition." EVENING STANDARD
"A merciless two-hander." WHAT'S ON STAGE
"A stinging insight into the world of selling art. And possibly souls." LONDON THEATRE GUIDE
"An exceptionally well-crafted, intelligent and enjoyable exchange exploring the nature of being an artist in a contemporary capitalist society, where substance is often overlooked and talent unrewarded... Kennedy excels as the self-effacing artist straining against a system where the agent is the bridge to the publisher, and 'most writers can't swim'. Martin Wagner's debut play is impressive and entertaining. Here's a writer who can swim." Belinda Williams - ROGUES AND VAGABONDS
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