Monster in a Box - by Spalding Gray (Paperback)

About the Book

This long-awaited monologue by Gray has been performed to the applause of sell-out crowds and the accolades of critics in New York, Los Angeles, and beyond. Appearing here in book form for the first time, with a new afterword, Monster in a Box will be released as a feature film in 1992.

Book Synopsis

This long-awaited monologue by Gray has been performed to the applause of sell-out crowds and the accolades of critics in New York, Los Angeles, and beyond. Appearing here in book form for the first time, with a new afterword, Monster in a Box will be released as a feature film in 1992.

Review Quotes

"Gray fishes up so much of the glory and chaos of our times....Talking about himself -- with candor, humor, imagination -- he ends up talking about all of us." -- Washington Post

"Gray's deepest, most self-questioning piece...wildly, unpredictably witty, wide-ranging and quirky, but also sneakily profound. -- Newsday

"Spalding Gray may be the nation's outstanding storyteller. He has never been better." -- Los Angeles Times

"[Gray is] the perfect raconteur for our times." -- New York Magazine

About the Author

Spalding Gray was born and raised in Rhode Island. A cofounder of the acclaimed New York City theater company the Wooster Group, he appeared on Broadway and in numerous films, including Roland Joffé's The Killing Fields, David Byrne's True Stories, Garry Marshall's Beaches, and as the subject of the 2010 Steven Soderbergh documentary, And Everything is Going Fine. His monologues include Sex and Death to the Age 14, Swimming to Cambodia, Monster in a Box, Gray's Anatomy, and It's a Slippery Slope. He died in 2004.