Bøker av Tracy Letts

This scathing new comedy about small-town politics and real-world power, from the author of August: Osage County, exposes the ugliness behind some of our most closely-held American narratives while asking each of us what we would do to keep from becoming history's losers.

A dark comedy by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of August: Osage County.

Tracy Letts' gripping thriller, published alongside the West End production, starring Orlando Bloom in the title role.

This exciting first play by the author of August: Osage County premiered at Chicago''s Steppenwolf before going on to acclaimed productions in London and New York. Hired by the dissolute Smith family to murder the matriarch for insurance money, Killer Joe takes the daughter to bed as a retainer against his final payoff which sets in motion a bloody aftermath as the "hit man" meets his match.

A luxury sedan, a church pew, a cafeteria table, and a favorite TV show form the comfortable cycles of the dull daily life of middle-aged insurance salesman Ken Carpenter. Then one night, he awakens to find that he no longer believes in God. This story reveals the yearning and emotion that spur the eccentric behavior of seemingly ordinary people.