{"product_id":"9781472531186","title":"The Grand Gesture","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Grand Gesture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Deborah McAndrew\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe world was cruel to Simeon Duff\u003cbr\u003eMad and mired in the deepest slough\u003cbr\u003eNobody seemed to give a stuff\u003cbr\u003e'bout Simeon, Simeon Duff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSimeon Duff is working class, unemployed and desperate. His wife works. He's lost all self-esteem. He's on the scrap heap and wants to end it all . . . and so begins this brilliantly insane comedy about a man on the edge. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen word gets out that Duff is going to top himself, a host of ne'er-do-wells crawl out of the woodwork, each wanting to claim his grand gesture for their 'noble cause'. Let's face it, why waste a death? But which cause shall it be . . . love, politics, religion, or the rising price of fish? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWill the disillusioned Duff go through with it? Will he really top himself for a dubious cause? Is he worth it? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn adaptation of Nikolai Erdman's \u003ci\u003eThe Suicide\u003c\/i\u003e (1928), \u003ci\u003eThe Grand Gesture \u003c\/i\u003eis a witty satire of lobbyists seeking political control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781472531186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40596610121934,"sku":"9781472531186","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_add1814d-375d-4e4f-92e1-006b5921b458.jpg?v=1637862704","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781472531186","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}