{"product_id":"hothouse-book-harold-pinter-9780802136435","title":"The Hothouse","description":"A black comedy set in a government-run mental institution, The Hothouse revolves around a sinister murder plot hatched against a backdrop of corruption, sexual favors, and hopeless bureaucratic ineptitude. Beneath the surface comedy there are frightening implications concerning a bureaucracy ostensibly dedicated to humanitarian concerns, but where people are referred to by numbers and forgotten as easily as troublesome figures on a balance sheet. Written in 1958, The Hothouse was first performed at London's Hampstead Theatre in April 1980, in a production directed by Pinter himself.  \"A blistering funny play. . . . Hothouse is wild, impudent, fiercely funny.\"-Jack Kroll, Newsweek","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49910672425233,"sku":"CIN0802136435G","price":2.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51007183880465,"sku":"NIN9780802136435","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0802136435.jpg?v=1751201756","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/hothouse-book-harold-pinter-9780802136435","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}