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Mark O'rowe
Howie The Rookie
by Mark O'rowe
Synopsis
A white-knuckle ride through a nightmare Dublin, where enemies and allies are interchangeable, this electrifying play won the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright and the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature.
First we meet Howie.
He tells us how, one night, he gets caught up in a gang intent on beating up Rookie.
He's supposed to be baby-sitting his five-year-old brother, but he goes just the same.
They beat up Rookie.
Howie returns to discover a horrible accident has happened to the little boy.
Then we hear the story from Rookie's point of view...
'grabs you by the collar and head-butts you into submission' Sunday Times
'a magnificent mix of violence and poignancy' The Stage
'mesmerising... funny, tragic, shocking and disturbing in turn' Scotsman
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Publication
Publisher Nick Hern Books
Year 1999
Binding Paperback
Pages 64
Place London
Language English
ISBN-13 9781854594228
ISBN-10 1854594222
eISBN-13 9781780012902
LCCN 2003427570
LCC PR6065.R6973 H69 1999
DCC 822/.914
Howie The Rookie is a comedy play written by Mark O'rowe and published by Nick Hern Books in London (1999).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle, Apple Books (eISBN 9781780012902).
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