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Shallow Grave

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Shallow Grave
Authors and Contributors      By (author) John Hodge
SeriesFF Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:128
Dimensions(mm): Height 178,Width 113
Category/GenreFilm scripts and screenplays
ISBN/Barcode 9780571202942
ClassificationsDewey:791.4372
Audience
General
Professional & Vocational
Edition FF Classics

Publishing Details

Publisher Faber & Faber
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publication Date 21 February 2000
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Set in the appropriately Gothic surroundings of contemporary Edinburgh, Shallow Grave presents a trio of affluent characters whose feckless lives are disrupted when they discover the corpse of their recently arrived flatmate, plus a suitcase bulging with money beneath his bed. The stage is thus set for a morality play about friendship and filthy lucre. The story balances on a knife-edge between ebullience and violence as the forces of destruction gather to claim their greedy victims.

Author Biography

John Hodge was born in Glasgow in 1964. After graduating in Medicine at Edinburgh University, he practised as a doctor before turning to screenwriting. His first screenplay was Shallow Grave. His scripts since then include Trainspotting, A Life Less Ordinary, The Beach, The Sweeny, Trance, The Program, and T2:Trainspotting. He has written one play, Collaborators.