{"product_id":"9780413771810","title":"Brixton Stories and Happy Birthday, Mister Deka D","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBrixton Stories and Happy Birthday, Mister Deka D\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Biyi Bandele\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo plays by one of Britain's most prolific young black authors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrixton Stories\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOssie Jones is an immigration lawyer in Brixton, London, a place full of wordmongers, preachers and prophets. One day he falls into a coma, is arrested for a crime he has not committed and is locked up in prison with a triple-lifer. Biyi Bandele's witty and engaging play is in a world in which fantasy may, troublingly, be more real than reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrixton Stories premiered at The Tricycle Theatre, London, 2001.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHappy Birthday, Mister Deka D\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I went for a walk. I fought in a war. I took long rides on the tube. I met someone new. We had a child. She met someone new. The seasons changed. I changed with the seasons... That's why I'm here.' Relationships are as elusive as memory iself in this poetic and lyrical play.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHappy Birthday Mister Deka D premiered at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh in August 1999 and transferred to the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith.Praise for Happy Birthday, Mister Deka D: \"A little miracle of stillness\" Independent\u003cbr\u003e\"A perky, quirky look at love, laughter and forgetting, Mister Deka D suggests that only when you stop avoiding the issue are you able to move on\" The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780413771810\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40593076617422,"sku":"9780413771810","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_a9fe5d2c-e086-41dc-9480-ceb8001bd30f.jpg?v=1637780701","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780413771810","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}