Haystack

An explosive espionage thriller that challenges the "nothing to hide, nothing to fear" mantra.

About the author

Al Blyth (d. 2024) was an award-winning playwright and screenwriter.

His plays include The Haystack (Hampstead Theatre, 2020) and Furnace Four (winner of Soho Theatre's Westminster Prize, 2006).

His television drama The Rook, a supernatural spy thriller based on the novel by Daniel O'Malley, premiered on the cable network Starz in 2019.

Other awards include Paines Plough's Future Perfect award and Channel 4's 4Talent Prize for Best Dramatic Writing.

Summary

An explosive espionage thriller that challenges the idea that 'if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear', exploring how we can live freely when advances in technology outpace the law.

Product details

• Authors: Al Blyth
• Publisher: Hern, Nick Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781848429086
• ISBN: 978-1-84842-908-6
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: NHB Modern Plays
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; DRAMA / General, Plays, Playscripts, Plays, playscripts, drama