{"product_id":"simpatico-9780679763178","title":"Simpatico","description":"Set within the netherworld of thoroughbred racing, this hair-raisingly funny new play by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of True West explores the classical themes of memory, loyalty, and restitution. Simpatico launches readers into regions where high society meets the low life, and where, as one of the main characters observes, \" someone is cutting someone else's throat.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSAM SHEPARD\u003c\/b\u003e was the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of more than fifty-five plays, three story collections, and two works of prose fiction. As an actor, he appeared in more than sixty films, and received an Oscar nomination in 1984 for \u003ci\u003eThe Right Stuff.\u003c\/i\u003e He was a finalist for the W. H. Smith Literary Award for his story collection \u003ci\u003eGreat Dream of Heaven.\u003c\/i\u003e In 2012 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Trinity College, Dublin. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, received the Gold Medal for Drama from the Academy, and was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame. He died in 2017.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50327029645586,"sku":"9780679763178","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_682a866e-7093-41e2-be20-d7c8bb7d1f04.jpg?v=1727708533","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/simpatico-9780679763178","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}