The Tooth of Crime
by Sam Shepard

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Hoss a rock star battles to protect his territory and the established values of his rock kingdom against the young gypsy marauder, Crow.

The play combines elements of myth, Greek tragedy, Westerns, modern rock and roll and futuristic fantasy in a provocative and engrossing pastiche culminating in a sensational verbal duel to the death.

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"A young American playwright of pure brilliance and imaginative fantasy."

— The New York Times

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Publisher Samuel French
ISBN-13 9780307274984
ISBN-10 0307274985

The Tooth of Crime is a play written by Sam Shepard and published by Samuel French .

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