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Simpatico
"Breathtaking . . . Simpatico is Mr. Shepard writing at his distinctive, savage best."--The New York Times
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About the Book
"Splendid . . . a beautifully developed psychological thriller. . . . Shepard has a gift for the spare, edgy speech that combines the menacing and the comic." --The Daily Telegraph (London)
"A fascinating revenge tragicomedy . . . a gritty, witty, psychological mystery."--Newsday
"Right now, right this very second, someone is cutting someone else's throat."
That pithy observation sums up the themes and ambiance of this hard-boiled,
lyrical, and hair-raisingly funny play by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose
dramas tap the bedrock of the American unconscious.
Carter ought to be
managing his thoroughbred business in Kentucky. Instead, he is in a desolate
room in Cucamonga, Nowheresville, U.S.A., trying to get back in the good graces
of Vinnie, the one man who has the power to destroy him. From the beginning, Sam
Shepard's Simpatico launches us into the world of horse racing, where high
society meets the low life and the line between winners and losers is as
treacherously thin as a razor blade.
About
the Author
Sam Shepard has written forty-six plays, eleven of which have won Obie Awards. In 1979 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Buried Child, and in
1984 he gained an Oscar nomination for his performance in The Right Stuff. His screenplay
for Paris, Texas won the Golden Palm Award at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival, and he wrote
and directed the film Far North in 1988. Other plays by Shepard include Curse of the
Starving Class, True West, Fool for Love, and A Lie of the Mind. In 1986 he was elected
to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. About
the Film Now a major motion picture from Fine Line Features starring Nick Nolte, Jeff Bridges, and Sharon Stone.