Man of the Moment

by Alan Ayckbourn (Author), Alan Ayckbourn (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1990

  $4.69

  A convicted thief endears himself to the British public. He becomes a media pundit, living in luxury, tended by managers and courted by TV directors. Then a meeting is arranged after 14 years between this ex-thug and the bank clerk who had a go . Ayckbourn's previous plays include Way Upstream .

• New

  Paperback
  1991

  $17.04

  Television producer Jill Rillington is taping a documentary, which will reunite Vic Parks with Douglas Beechey. Seventeen years ago, Douglas inadvertently foiled Vic's last bank robbery, during which Vic shot a teller in the face. Vic, a callous boor, served his time and then exploited his celebrity status to become a wealthy television personality. Douglas married the maimed teller and hero and victim fell into shabby obscurity. Now, at Vic's luxurious Mediterranean villa, Jill's hopes for a fiery confrontation are fading because amiable Douglas shows no envy or bitterness and happy people make rotten telly material. Will Vic ever receive his just deserts?