{"product_id":"junk-a-play-paperback","title":"Junk: A Play - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAyad Akhtar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eHomeland Elegies\u003c\/i\u003e and Pulitzer Prize winner \u003ci\u003eDisgraced\u003c\/i\u003e, a fast-paced play that exposes the financial deal making behind the mergers and acquisitions boom of the 1980s.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set in 1985, \u003ci\u003eJunk\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of Robert Merkin, resident genius of the upstart investment firm Sacker Lowell. Hailed as \"America's Alchemist,\" his proclamation that \"debt is an asset\" has propelled him to a dizzying level of success. By orchestrating the takeover of a massive steel manufacturer, Merkin intends to do the \"deal of the decade,\" the one that will rewrite all the rules. Working on his broadest canvas to date, Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar chronicles the lives of men and women engaged in financial civil war: insatiable investors, threatened workers, killer lawyers, skeptical journalists, and ambitious federal prosecutors. Although it's set 40 years in the past, this is a play about the world we live in right now; a world in which money became the only thing of real value.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAyad Akhtar\u003c\/b\u003e is a screenwriter, playwright, actor, and novelist. He is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eAmerican Dervish\u003c\/i\u003e and was nominated for a 2006 Independent Spirit Award for best screenplay for the film \u003ci\u003eThe War Within\u003c\/i\u003e. His plays include \u003ci\u003eDisgraced\u003c\/i\u003e, recipient of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama; \u003ci\u003eThe Who \u0026amp; The What\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Hand\u003c\/i\u003e, both of which received Off-Broadway runs and are being produced around the world; and \u003ci\u003eJunk\u003c\/i\u003e, produced at Lincoln Center in 2017 He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 07, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44409657983111,"sku":"9780316550727","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/cHREaFcrb0RCUG9CSEtPVTQzTjRLdz09.webp?v=1775350028","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/junk-a-play-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}