{"product_id":"9781350079595","title":"Silk Road (How to Buy Drugs Online) and Rules for Being a Man (Modern Plays)","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow is it delivered? That's the best bit! Royal Mail. Postman Pat brings your smack to your door with a smile and his black and white cat is none the wiser.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBruce is nineteen, unemployed and living with his Nan. A struggling young Geordie tech-head, he's the unlikeliest international criminal mastermind you can imagine. But sucked into an underworld dark web of new-age pirates, local gangsters and tea-cosies, it isn't long before Bruce discovers how easy it is to buy narcotics online.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrompted by the arrest in October 2013 of the alleged owner of Silk Road, and the first play ever to be funded by bitcoin, Alex Oates's play is a biting black comedy about how simple it is not only to buy, but also sell drugs online. Published alongside Rules For Being a Man, a stirring new play that uses silent disco technology to create a vivid soundscape and take the audience into the head of three generations of men as they struggle with mental health issues and contemplate suicide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRules For Being a Man depicts the everyday battle of masculinity, whilst these men go about their lives and struggle to hold on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThree different generations of men come to terms with love, life and other peoples expectations.\n\u003cbr\u003e Living in a society where the scars of toxic masculinity are becoming more and more visible on the cultural landscape, Rules For Being A Man looks at the marks men create in themselves, and others. Following three generations of a family centred around one pivotal action, this honest new play attempts to try to come to terms with the different pressures men face going through life trying to be a man and the damaging toll they take on their mental health. Inspired by interviews with survivors of suicide and The Samaritans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49252303700195,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0764\/3758\/6147\/files\/9781350079595-1.jpg?v=1788379816","url":"https:\/\/usa.kinokuniya.com\/products\/9781350079595","provider":"Books Kinokuniya USA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}