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Description for Crocodiles
Paperback. A story about dystopian, modern-fairy-tale town where the lines between fact and fiction weave and snag. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 7. Weight in Grams: 138.
Crocodiles brings to life a dystopian, modern-fairytale town where fact and fiction weave as tightly and snag as easily as granny's knitting.
In a sleepy seaside town, Cornelia Glass is busy spinning yarn. Witches are burnt in the town centre. Crocodiles lurk in the shallows. Boys who go to the big city are skinned alive by roving tramps.
Cornelia's oldest son, Rudolph, is being forced to give up his Punch and Judy show. Matilda, his wife, is secretly writing her first romantic novel. Their daughter, Lucy, can tell the future. But when Cornelia's younger son, Vincent, returns from ... Read more
Lee Mattinson's Crocodiles was runner-up for the 2011 Verity Bargate Award, and premiered at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, in October 2014.
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Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848424432
SKU
V9781848424432
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5
About Lee Mattinson
Lee Mattinson's plays have been staged at the Bush Theatre, the Soho Theatre, Live Theatre and the West Yorkshire Playhouse, amongst others. He has also written for radio, television and film.
Reviews for Crocodiles
'Dark, funny and off the wall'
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