Flies for the Mayans
Ian Fraser
- "...a
- shocker!"
- "brilliantly
- written"
- "It
- is
- not
- a
- book
- you
- finish
- and
- forget..."A
- satiric
- story
- from
- Hell,
- set
- in
- Heaven.God's
- having
- a
- bad
- day.
- Once
- upon
- a
- time,
- He
- made
- the
- mistake
- of
- dividing
- Heaven
- into
- realms
- and
- provinces,
- overseen
- by
- deities
- jostling
- for
- territory
- and
- profits.
- Now
- everything
- is
- sliding
- out
- of
- control.
- The
- one-time
- Creator
- of
- the
- Universe
- is
- estranged
- from
- his
- son,
- riddled
- with
- guilt,
- and
- fighting
- battles
- on
- multiple
- fronts.
- His
- few
- remaining
- rules
- are
- being
- bypassed,
- His
- angels
- are
- turning
- up
- dead.
- Unless
- He
- can
- find
- out
- who
- is
- gunning
- for
- Him,
- the
- unthinkable
- might
- occur.'Flies
- for
- the
- Mayans'
- is
- a
- violent
- black
- comedy
- of
- post-Biblical
- proportions.ABOUT
- THE
- AUTHORIan
- Fraser
- is
- a
- South
- African
- writer
- and
- playwright,
- now
- a
- permanent
- resident
- in
- the
- US.
- His
- memoir,
- My
- Own
- Private
- Orchestra,
- was
- published
- by
- Penguin
- (South
- Africa)
- in
- 1993
- and
- was
- nominated
- for
- the
- CNA
- Literary
- Awards.His
- plays
- have
- been
- professionally
- and
- successfully
- produced
- by
- theatre
- companies
- in
- South
- Africa,
- the
- US,
- and
- elsewhere.
- Most
- recently
- his
- work
- was
- staged
- at
- the
- Brown/Trinity
- Playwrights
- Repertory
- Theatre
- in
- Providence,
- Rhode
- Island;
- at
- the
- Garioch
- Theatre
- Festival
- in
- the
- United
- Kingdom;
- and
- by
- Playwrights
- Round
- Table
- in
- Orlando,
- Florida.
- In
- 2007,
- he
- won
- the
- AcidTheatre
- ‘Freedom
- of
- Speech’
- Monologue
- Competition
- in
- the UK.
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