{"product_id":"every-good-boy-deserves-favor-and-professional-foul-paperback","title":"Every Good Boy Deserves Favor and Professional Foul - 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\u003eTom Stoppard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe latest plays of Tom Stoppard, author of such contemporary classics as \u003ci\u003eJumpers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDirty Linen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Real Inspector Hound\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is Tom Stoppard's very special skill as the master comedian of ideas in the modern theater to create brilliant, biting humor out of serious concerns. Virtually assaulting the audience with a cascade of words and a conspicuous display of intellect, Stoppard, in \u003ci\u003eEvery Good Boy Deserves Favour\u003c\/i\u003e, contrasts the circumstances of political prisoner and a mental patient in a Soviet insane asylum, to question the difference, if any, between free will and the freedom to conform. The situation, in which the mental patient \"hears\" an orchestra, is both chilling and funny as we are introduced to two men who happen to share the same name, are incarcerated in the same cell, and are attended by the same doctor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eProfessional Foul\u003c\/i\u003e poses metaphysical problems in dazzling theatrical form. Employing high-spirited comedy and a serious attempt to debate a moral absolute, Stoppard considers the nature of ethical choice: is right or wrong determined by a recognized ideal, or must right or wrong be judged according to the particular situation?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Stoppard\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of such seminal works as \u003ci\u003eRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJumpers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Real Thing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArcadia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, and the trilogy \u003ci\u003eThe Coast of Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e. His screen credits include \u003ci\u003eParade's End\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShakespeare in Love\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEnigma\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEmpire of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 188\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.89 x 5.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 28, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52867913187552,"sku":"9780802150455","price":17.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/yfK21ygBOy9780802150455.webp?v=1781272793","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/every-good-boy-deserves-favor-and-professional-foul-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}