The Depths of Deception
Ian Fraser
- "Intelligent,
- compelling."
- "Hauntingly
- beautiful."
- "An
- adventure
- tale
- on
- the
- order
- of
- LeCarre's
- The
- Spy
- Who
- Came
- in
- from
- the
- Cold..."America
- has
- disappeared
- some
- years
- ago.
- A
- neo-fascist
- Party
- has
- come
- to
- power
- in
- the
- UK.
- China
- is
- on
- the
- rise.
- A
- submarine
- hurtles
- through
- the
- cold
- dark
- waters
- of
- the
- Atlantic
- en
- route
- to
- an
- unknown
- destination.
- Only
- the
- ship's
- doctor
- knows
- its
- true
- mission,
- but
- he
- is
- not
- who
- he
- appears
- to
- be.A
- sweeping
- tale
- moving
- from
- the
- violent
- heart
- of
- Apartheid
- South
- Africa,
- to
- the
- ruins
- of
- the
- United
- Kingdom,
- and
- down
- to
- the
- edge
- of
- the
- world
- in
- the
- frozen
- Antarctic
- landscape,
- The
- Depths
- of
- Deception
- is
- a
- tale
- of
- revenge,
- served
- as
- a
- shatteringly
- cold
- dish.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
- in
- the
- Debut
- section.
- His
- novella,
- “Pigman’s
- Fingers”
- recently
- appeared
- in
- The
- Utopian
- magazine.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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