{"product_id":"exact-change-9781953943804","title":"Exact Change","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn these three plays (\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eExact Change, Hair of the Dog, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eand\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003eShades\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e), dramatist and screenwriter David Epstein brilliantly sketches the bleak, despairing-and howlingly funny-underside of contemporary American life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I haven't laughed so much in a theater all year. With Epstein's blackish sense of humor and wry relish of the odd, his play \u003cstrong\u003efizzes with talent\u003c\/strong\u003e.\"-\u003cstrong\u003eBenedict Nightingale, \u003cem\u003eThe Times of London \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You begin by watching unexplained actions; and when exposition arrives it propels the action through the roof. . . . By this time, Exact Change has also parted company with Mamet and revealed itself as more than an efficient laughter-machine. Nothing halts the present-tense narrative; but, from throwaway lines, you begin to assemble detail about the past . . . One sign of this writer's quality is that he can bring the piece to such an ending without jumping the comic rails: \u003cstrong\u003echilling but still brilliant\u003c\/strong\u003e.\"-\u003cstrong\u003eIrving Wardle, \u003cem\u003eThe Independent on Sunday\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Retriever Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953943804\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.83d","brand":"David Epstein","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52604492611765,"sku":"9781953943804","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/exact-change-9781953943804","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}