{"product_id":"9781447272168-the-stonemason","title":"The Stonemason","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA powerful, dramatic playfrom the legendary author of \u003ci\u003eNo Country for Old Men\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Road\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in Kentucky among four generations of a family losing its craft, \u003ci\u003eThe Stonemason\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving play from Cormac McCarthy, legendary author of \u003ci\u003eBlood Meridian \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Road\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Expertly constructed and limpidly written' – \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBen Telfair admires and respects his grandfather for following the family trade with religious simplicity. Black and middle-class in the 1970s, he has acheived well. His father, on the other hand, has abandoned the old ways of hand-hewn stonemasonry – favouring building contract work. His nephew, likewise, disregards the old man's guidance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut his father is in debt. His nephew has turned to crime. And so it is that, as the family trade dies out, the family itself may see tragic consequences befall them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Cormac McCarthy:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute’ – Anne Enright, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Green Road \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Wren, The Wren\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' – Stephen King, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shining\u003c\/i\u003e and the Dark Tower series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'[I]n presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence' – Annie Proulx, author of \u003ci\u003eBrokeback Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41050506690657,"sku":"9781447272168","price":18.03,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/8d817c29f6e481f8af83259b5a1e4b72.jpg?v=1698310524","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781447272168-the-stonemason","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}