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Part of a collection of Harold Pinter's works, this is a comedy of sexual manners in which Pinter captures the psyche's sly manoeuvres for self-respect with sardonic forgiveness.


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Almost nothing is said directly, and everything is understood. Told backwards, it turns every silence into evidence. The masterclass in what two people do with silence.

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