Catchpenny Twist
by Shaun Davey, Stewart Parker

Catchpenny Twist Book Cover
Catchpenny Twist Cover

Synopsis

Another wry comedy from the author of Spokesong , about two Northern Irish songwriters who pursue the long road to big time pop while being dogged by the metaphysical shadows of the Irish Troubles -- not to mention by some real bullets.

Fleeing Belfast, where they have been writing songs and gags for both the IRA and the loyalists, they team up with their old schoolteacher chum, the witty and doomed Monagh, and set off for English record companies, Eurovision and Eclipse.

Press Reviews

"Combines the rich, mordant wit of the Irish with absurdist farce... a rare pleasure."

— Time Out London

"Blends lunatic humor with a gritty sense of reality."

— London Sunday Times

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 1984
Binding Paperback
Pages 96
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573619137
ISBN-10 0573619131
LCC ML50.D23/

Catchpenny Twist is a American comedy play written by Shaun Davey and published by Samuel French in New York (1984).

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