false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255621845m/2362956.jpg 2362956 1 <div><div>In this first play from the award-winning memoirist and poet Nick Flynn, four strangers meet during a blackout on a New York City sidewalk. Gideon finds himself locked out of his apartment, stranded on the street with nothing but a television and the company of three individuals, each mysterious in their own way: the specter-like Alice, ringleader of the neighborhood; Esra, a fifteen-year-old girl whose mother is MIA&#8212;again; and Ivan, a stranded businessman trying to make his way home. As Gideon makes futile attempts to break into an apartment that may or may not be his, an unsettling connection between Ivan and Esra develops while Alice and Gideon look on helplessly. Unable to make sense of their predicament, let alone alter it, the four float aimlessly in and out of seeming reality only to find themselves more lost when the electricity finally comes back on. <br><br><br><br>Once again exploring the tenuous membrane that separates comfortable, everyday existence from the desperate margins of society, Flynn portrays an urban dystopia disturbingly similar to our own world while poignantly tapping into the loneliness and peril of city life.</div></div> 2369723 8 7 2008 Alice Invents a Little Game and Alice Always Wins: A Play total:15|5:3|4:5|3:3|2:3|1:1| 15 51 29 5 4 1 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 10:38:50 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 10:37:45 -0700 2009 alice invents a little game and alice always wins is a slim, three-act play of urban surreality inspired by a combination of moments experienced by flynn and by the political climate and polici...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 11:38:45 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 13:23:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 04 06:51:55 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 10:00:42 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 04 06:51:55 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Aug 20 12:59:20 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 13:01:42 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Jul 02 22:46:07 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 12:32:20 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Tue Nov 24 13:53:21 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 13:53:21 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 11 20:19:21 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 10:36:23 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Nov 03 11:56:23 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 11:56:23 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 30 05:11:32 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 05:11:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 25 17:35:10 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 17:35:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jul 01 22:37:24 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 22:37:29 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 23 14:46:57 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 14:46:57 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat May 09 11:37:55 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 11:37:55 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Apr 13 19:49:46 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 19:49:46 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 17:06:26 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 17:06:26 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun Apr 12 16:58:23 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 16 19:10:16 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 12 16:58:23 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Feb 06 08:15:35 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 08:15:35 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 31 10:30:29 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 10:30:29 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Sep 04 17:51:41 -0700 2009 Tue Jan 13 13:01:24 -0800 2009 Fri Sep 04 17:51:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Dec 05 21:06:48 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 21:06:48 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2362956