Description
About the Author
Tracy Letts is an American playwright, screenwriter and actor, and is an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. He is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play August: Osage County. Other plays include: Killer Joe (1993), Bug (1996), Superior Donuts (2008), Mary Page Marlowe (2016) and Linda Vista (2017).
Reviews
'Letts displays such complete assurance in manipulating the sheer gothic macabre of his material that it's practically wicked to watch... Killer Joe hits like a sharp splash of ice-cold water, and it's supposed to make you squirm'
* The Arts Desk *'An exercise in Texan trailer-park Gothic, Killer Joe rams sickening horror and outrageous humour together as it pulls us into the morally stunted world of the American underclass'
* Independent *'Keeps you hooked from the outset... cleverly plotted and queasily gripping, Letts's play offers a prophetic portrait of a society that, in its reliance on the small screen, is in danger of entertaining itself to death'
* Guardian (2018) *'Fiercely disturbing, Killer Joe never loses its power to hold your attention'
* WhatsOnStage *'A tense, gut-twisting thriller ride in the theatre. An astonishing piece of work'
* Chicago Tribune *'A brilliant play'
* Guardian *'An immensely entertaining pop artifact. Written with neon-lit flamboyance'
* New York Times *Book Information
ISBN 9781848427563
Author Tracy Letts
Format Paperback
Page Count 88
Imprint Nick Hern Books
Publisher Nick Hern Books
