{"product_id":"kurt-sid-paperback","title":"Kurt \u0026 Sid - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoy Smiles\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApril 1994. A man sits alone in an attic extension on the cusp of becoming a Seattle suicide statistic. This man is no 'number and name' to be reported in a local newspaper. He is an icon, albeit a reluctant one. Kurt Cobain, the frontman of Nirvana, is about to pull the trigger of the gun in his hand and join the leagues of rock star deaths down the ages. Without invitation, Kurt has the curious company of a man purporting to be the Sex Pistols' Sid Vicious, Kurt's hero. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRoy Smiles' witty and beautifully poignant new play explores exactly what it means to dice with death when being alive proves to be all too painful and peace seems elusive...\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoy Smiles' other plays include \u003ci\u003eGet It While You Can, A Conversation with Janis Joplin, Schmucks\u003c\/i\u003e (about an imagined meeting between Groucho Marx and Lenny Bruce), \u003ci\u003eYing Tong\u003c\/i\u003e (about Spike Milligan and the Goons), and \u003ci\u003ePythonesque\u003c\/i\u003e (about the original Monty Python team) which receives its UK premiere at this year's Edinburgh Fringe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 8.2 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 07, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42108038774919,"sku":"9781840029420","price":24.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/99b56ad10fb1b60b7b24ab9e1e056a19.webp?v=1732461672","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/kurt-sid-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}