Dimensions
129 x 198 x 16mm
A tragi-comedy of love and mortality set in tropical Key West, where anything goes, and ending up can mean starting again. 'The Last Resort' concerns men and women looking for the perfect partner . . . a subtle comedy of manners which explores the gap between the things that people say in their social relationships and what they really mean . . .
In the background to the sometimes jet-black glitter of its comedy is concern about ecological decline: characters fret about the perishing of the ozone layer, the poisoning of the oceans, felling of rainforest, obliteration of species. In the foreground are two moribund marriages, three widows and a man who is HIV-positive.
Pulitzer Prize-winner Lurie has written 'The Last Resort' with style and penetrating wit.
