Shopping and F***ing

by Mark Ravenhill

Book Overview

Shopping and F***ing is...
Falling in love with your best friend - if you can get the right mix of Es and whizz...
Passion buried beneath layers of bubble and wrap and cellophane
A world where microwaves are the only source of heat
A place where Shopping is sexy and F***ing is a job...
And if you killed someone what would it feel like? Or maybe there are no feelings left...
Shopping and F***ing is a witty and shocking look at...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0413712400
• ISBN13: 9780413712400
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

POWERFUL AND FUNNY

This play borders of poetry at times. An intense play for both audience and performers. It's tough but worth every second.

absolutely extraordinary play

I read this play, and then recently saw the version put on by Vortex, in Austin, TX, directed by Barry Pineo. The play is absolutely extraordinary. I couldn't stop crying through the next to last scene. It's an extremely powerful indictment of the emptiness of modern culture. A must see.

Saw it in the theater

I haven't read this book but I saw it in the theater. The story is NOT AT ALL funny! If it is funny for you you don't understand it. It is about the problems of the consuming/er(?) society.

This is a funny, funny, funny, (did I mention funny) book.

The title was a little frightening, and not exactly recommended reading for grandma and the kids. Ravenhill presents a very warped and funny reality that we all live in and never wish to admitt to. Even to ourselves. Very funny.