Ruff (Paperback)

Rod Carley

ISBN 10: 1988989825 / ISBN 13: 9781988989822

Verlag: Latitude 46 Publishing, 2024

Paperback. Rod Carley is back with another theatrical odyssey packed with an unforgettable cast of Elizabethan eccentrics. It's a madcap world more modern than tomorrow where gender is what a person makes of it (no matter the story beneath their petticoats or tights). Will Shakespeare is having a very bad year. Suffering from a mid-life crisis, a plague outbreak, and the death of the ancient Queen, Will's mettle is put to the test when the new King puts his witch-burning hobby aside to announce a national play competition that will determine which theatre company will secure his favour and remain in business. As he struggles to write a Scottish supernatural thriller, Will faces one ruff and puffy obstacle after another including a young rival punk poet and his activist-wife fighting for equality and a woman's right to tread the boards. Will and his band of misfits must ensure not only their own survival, but that of England as well. The stage is set for an outrageous and compelling tale of ghosts, ghostwriting, writer's block, and the chopping block. Ruffly based on a true story. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781988989822

Inhaltsangabe:

Rod Carley is back with another theatrical odyssey packedwith an unforgettable cast of Elizabethan eccentrics. It’s amadcap world more modern than tomorrow where gender iswhat a person makes of it (no matter the story beneath theirpetticoats or tights).

Will Shakespeare is having a very bad year. Suffering from amid-life crisis, a plague outbreak, and the death of theancient Queen, Will’s mettle is put to the test when the newKing puts his witch-burning hobby aside to announce anational play competition that will determine which theatrecompany will secure his favour and remain in business. Ashe struggles to write a Scottish supernatural thriller, Willfaces one ruff and puffy obstacle after another including ayoung rival punk poet and his activist-wife fighting forequality and a woman’s right to tread the boards.Will and his band of misfits must ensure not only their ownsurvival, but that of England as well. The stage is set for anoutrageous and compelling tale of ghosts, ghostwriting,writer’s block, and the chopping block.

Ruffly based on a true story.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Rod is the award-winning author of three previous works of literary fiction: Grin Reaping (long listed for the 2023 Leacock Medal for Humour, 2022 Bronze Winner for Humour from Foreword Review INDIES, a Finalist for the 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Award for Humor/Comedy, and long listed for the ReLit Group Awards for Best Short Fiction of 2023); Kinmount (long listed for the 2021 Leacock Medal for Humour and Winner of the 2021 Silver Medal for Best Regional Fiction from the Independent Publishers Book Awards); A Matter of Will (Finalist for the 2018 Northern Lit Award for Fiction).

His short stories and creative non-fiction have appeared in a variety of Canadian literary magazines including Broadview (winner of the 2022 Award of Excellence for Best Seasonal Article from the Associated Church Press), Cloud Lake Literary, Blank Spaces, Exile, HighGrader, and the anthology 150 Years Up North and More. He was a finalist for the 2021 Carter V. Cooper Short Fiction Prize. Rod was the 2009 winner of TVO's Big Ideas/Best Lecturer Competition for his lecture entitled "Adapting Shakespeare within a Modern Canadian Context. He is a proud alumnus of the Humber School for Writers and is represented by Carolyn Forde, Senior Literary Agent with The Transatlantic Agency. www.rodcarley.ca.

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Titel: Ruff (Paperback)
Verlag: Latitude 46 Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: new