Metastasis and Other Plays

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Delve into darkness with Metastasis and Other Plays, a new collection of Gordon Pengilly’s award-winning dramas that highlight the core of human tragedy, paranoia, and violence. With a mix of dark humour and palpable desperation, Pengilly creates striking characters who, while essentially good, are unable to cope with their circumstances and commit reckless acts as a result. True to the tendency of human nature, these characters attempt to redeem themselves—but often discover it’s too late.

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winner, City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize for Metastasis and Other Plays
winner, Jim Burt Screenwriting Prize for Drumheller or Dangerous Times
winner, BBC International Radio Drama Prize for Seeing in the Dark
winner, Alberta Playwriting Competition for Metastasis
shortlisted, Alberta Literary Awards, Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama for Seeing in the Dark

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Excerpt

Click here to download the Spring 2009 issue of Prairie Books Now, which features an interview with Gordon Pengilly.