Reykjavik [Paperback]

'For Those in Peril on the Sea' makes dyingat sea sound like something noble, patriotic.Whereas their husband, son or father hasdied for one half of a fish and chip supper&

February 1976. In freezing weather off the coast of Iceland, the sidewinder Graham Greene ices up, heels over, and sinks in seconds, taking fifteen of her crew with her. Such are the realities of the brutal world of arctic fishing. On impulse, despised trawlerowner Donald Claxton flies to Reykjavik to see the survivors, setting in train an evening of drinking, horseplay, romance and storytelling that will change all their lives forever.

Richard Bean revisits Hull's Distant Water trawling fleet that gave him his 2005 hit Under the Whaleback. His other plays includeTo Have and To Hold, Kiss MeandIn the Clubat Hampstead, OneMan, TwoGuvnorsandJack Absolute Flies Againat the National Theatre.

In 2011 Richard became the first playwright to win the Evening Standard Award for Best Play for two plays,The HereticandOne Man, Two Guvnors. The New York production ofOne Man, Two Guvnorswas awarded the 2012 Outer Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Play. His recent credits includeKiss Me(Hampstead),The Nap(Sheffield Crucible),Great Britain(National Theatre),Made in Dagenham: The Musical(Adelphi Theatre) andPitcairn(Chichester Minerva Theatre/Shakespeare's Globe). Richard's other work includesUnder the Whaleback(Royal Court. George Devine Award 2002),The Heretic(The Royal Court. Evening Standard Best New Play 2011),Honeymoon Suite(Pearson Play of the Year),Harvest(Critic's Circle Best New Play),The House of Games(from David Mamet's film), a new version of Moliere'sThe Hypochondriac,The Big Fellah(Out of Joint),England People Very Nice(National Theatre),The Mentalists(Nal³!