Howie the Rookie by Mark O'rowe
A white-knuckle ride through a nightmare Dublin, where enemies and allies are interchangeable.'Grabs you by the collar and head-butts you into submission'
* Sunday Times *'Outstanding'
* Telegraph *'A magnificent mix of violence and poignancy'
* The Stage *'Startling.. there are shades of Homer's Odyssey in the sweep of this telling, or of Joyce's Ulysses in the elevation of ordinary detail to heroic form'
* Irish Times *'Mesmerising... funny, tragic, shocking and disturbing in turn'
* Scotsman *'[Has] the lip-smacking relish and the whooping vulgarity of Behan, Joyce or Flann O'Brien'
* Whatsonstage.com *
Mark O'Rowe is an Irish playwright whose plays include Howie the Rookie (Bush Theatre, London, 1999), From Both Hips (Fishamble, 1997), Made in China (Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 2001), Crestfall (Gate Theatre, Dublin, 2003), Terminus (Abbey Theatre, 2007), Our Few and Evil Days (Abbey Theatre, 2014), The Approach (Landmark Productions, Project Arts Centre, Dublin, 2018) and Reunion (Landmark Productions, Galway International Arts Festival, 2024). His version of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler was staged by the Abbey Theatre in 2015. His screenplays include Broken (2012), based on the novel by Daniel Clay, Perrier’s Bounty (2009), Boy A (2007), based on the novel by Jonathan Trigell, and Intermission (2004). Author photo by Ros Kavanagh
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781854594228 |
| ISBN 10 | 1854594222 |
| Title | Howie the Rookie |
| Author | Mark O'rowe |
| Series | Nhb Modern Plays |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Nick Hern Books |
| Year published | 1999-02-13 |
| Number of pages | 52 |
| Prizes | Winner of George Devine Award., Winner of Rooney Prize for Irish Literature 1999 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |