The Invisible Hand

A "tense, provocative" play (Seattle Times) from the author of Homeland Elegies and the Pulitzer Prize winner Disgraced -- a chilling examination of how far we will go to survive and the consequences of the choices we make.

In remote Pakistan, Nick Bright awaits his fate. A successful financial trader, Nick is kidnapped by an Islamic militant group, but with no one negotiating his release, he agrees to an unusual plan. He will earn his own ransom by helping his captors manipulate and master the world commodities and currency markets.

Author: Ayad Akhtar
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 08/25/2015
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9780316324533
ISBN10: 0316324531
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Cultural Heritage
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Family Life | General

About the Author
Ayad Akhtar is a screenwriter, playwright, actor, and novelist. He is the author of the novel American Dervish and was nominated for a 2006 Independent Spirit Award for best screenplay for the film The War Within. His plays include Disgraced, recipient of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama; The Who & The What and The Invisible Hand, both of which received Off-Broadway runs and are being produced around the world; and Junk, produced at Lincoln Center in 2017 He lives in New York City.