The Boy on the Swing portrays an individual in the throes of a corporation with intimidating authority and an almost inexplicable leverage to trap and injure. Upon finding a mysterious business card labelled Talk to God in the street; protagonist Earl Hunt comes into contact with the Hope and Trust Foundation which offers the chance to meet God - for a price. After submitting credit card details during a bafflingly threatening phone interview; Earl proceeds to a visit to the Hope and Trust office full of unfathomable power games which alternate between geniality and intimidating menace. The promised meeting with God arrives when; in a dingy room; Earl finally comes into contact with an old man of 85.From the pseudo business-evangelical spiel of the Hope and Trust Foundation to the frugal simplicity of the man presented as God; Joe Harbots range and pace is cleverly broad and elusive. From a set-up which subtly suggests the mercenary exploitation of the lost and the lonely; the plays arc turns to darker and stranger themes of metaphysical significance. The Boy on the Swing is an enigmatic piece of writing; sometimes baffling and sometimes blackly funny. For all its bizarre and perplexing notes; the play has a smart; dark sense of humour and grapples with abstract; preternatural questions.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great read a real eye openerBy Nancy B. CrisinoVery well written...pulls you into the investigations. It makes the buildings we have walked by lived with come to life in an intriguing way. A wonderful glimpse into the history of the structures people who lived in them. A real eye opener to local history the other side of " the curtain."0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Marybeth AbramsonAmazing!!!! Easy read. Very interesting!!!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. BaloneyBy BobAmazing when you read the facts about Maxson House; you read many untruths which leads to question everything else the author writes. Fact 1 Ed Diamond sold Maxson House to Bill Carrie Martin; Fact 2 Carrie Bill started the store and sold it to the Christophers at auction. Fact 3 The Martins named it Maxson house after one of the buildings original names from a 1930s boarding house business. They also remodeled the building to its current look and were awarded Old Forges beautification award. Fact 4 The Martins lived in the building on the third floor for 5 years and their daughter had an apartment on the second floor ; they laughed when they heard the ghost allegations. I guess from a marketing standpoint this "Cardiff Giant" storyline could be considered smart..
