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The Unexpected Man

by Yasmina Reza · 1997

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A notorious author shares a train compartment with a long-time reader. But can they connect with each other through a silent tide of self-doubt and second-guessing? Sir David Suchet and Dame Harriet Walter star in Yasmina Rezas The Unexpected Man, translated by Christopher Hampton.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
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theatretheatreMore like thisLess of this
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1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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