{"product_id":"the-playmaker","title":"The Playmaker","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of such classics as \u003ci\u003eThe Daughters of Mars\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCrimes of the Father\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSchindler's List\u003c\/i\u003e comes a work of historical fiction mastery in which an English lieutenant must stage a play starring the prisoners of the Australian penal colony he supervises.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLieutenant Ralph Clark has received the most bizarre of commissions. In honor of the king's birthday, Clark is charged with staging a production of the George Farquhar comedy \u003ci\u003eThe Recruiting Officer\u003c\/i\u003e. What's more, as Clark supervises the penal colony of Sydney Cove, Australia at the very end of the late-nineteenth-century British Empire's rule, he must use his prisoners as the cast and production crew. Based on the lieutenant's real diaries, \u003ci\u003eThe Playmaker\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of true genius by one of the most notable names in historical fiction.","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833640530125,"sku":"9780671885113","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_ee7d40e7-7e80-4e7a-b4d1-37c402633258.jpg?v=1790891272","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/the-playmaker","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}