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The Initiate

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Description for The Initiate Paperback. A thrilling tale of altruism, greed, and the search for how to belong, based on a true story. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 4. Weight in Grams: 102.

A thrilling tale of altruism, greed, and the search for a way to belong.

When a British couple are seized by Somali pirates, an East London taxi driver decides to rescue them. Meeting disbelief with determination, he dismisses the fears of his wife and flies out to negotiate their release.

Speeding from the banks of the Thames to the now unfamiliar world of his homeland, he confronts the family he left behind and the bravado of the defiant men he once called brothers.

Alexandra Wood's play The Initiate premiered at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe in a ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848424333
SKU
V9781848424333
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10

About Alexandra Wood
Alexandra Wood's plays include an adaptation of Jung Chang's Wild Swans (ART/Young Vic); The Empty Quarter (Hampstead Theatre); The Centre (Islington Community Theatre); Decade (co-writer, Headlong); Unbroken (Gate); The Lion's Mouth (Royal Court Rough Cuts); The Eleventh Capital (Royal Court) and the radio play Twelve Years (BBC Radio 4). She is a winner of the George Devine Award and was ... Read more

Reviews for The Initiate
'A carefully wrought work which cleverly explores its themes… an unsettling, forthright piece of writing that will leave you thinking'
Time Out
'Wonderfully slippery and always intelligent… offers much to enjoy in its thriller-like structure'
Guardian

Goodreads reviews for The Initiate


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