The End of the World: A Play in Two Acts

Book overview Description Editorial Reviews Valentine’ s parents have decided that the time has finally come for their son to leave home and discover life for himself.

As he ventures forth into the vast world beyond, his new adventure is soon drawn to a halt when he is mugged at gunpoint.

Frightened and exhausted, he seeks shelter at a bed and breakfast establishment named The End of the World, run by the dour Mrs.

Anna.

Here Valentine encounters a Bosnian woman with a hole where her stomach used to be, an American entrepreneur with a scheme to implant televisions into people’ s foreheads, and a Catholic priest who attempts to lure him down inside a kitchen sink.