Damaged Language

<p>Damaged Language contains four radio plays by Richard Nelson:</p><p>LANGUAGES SPOKEN HERE<br />Giles Cooper Award winner<br />   “a morally ambiguous comedy…an American in London thinks he’s translating a novel by a penniless Polish emigre only to find after befriending and patronizing him that the Pole has ditched his benefactor for another hack… True and funny as well.”<br />Paul Ferris The Observer<br />   “A neat beautifully written serious comedy about translation exile and betrayal—one of the very best on Radio 3 last year.”<br />Nigel Andrews The Listener<br />“A rare sort of treat…a very funny play delicate in its touches but sharp as a needle.”<br />Gillian Reynolds The Daily Telegraph</p><p>EATING WORDS<br />Giles Cooper Award winner<br />   “Totally enthralling… Richard Nelson is God’s gift (or at least America’s) to English radio drama.”<br />Nigel Andrews The Listener<br />   “A thoroughly absorbing account of two writers on a drunken tour of London.”<br />Plays and Players<br /> <br />ADVICE TO EASTERN EUROPE<br />   “A masterly short play—a post-Cold War romance that is witty [and] technically bold—examines how one woman’s Utopia may be another person’s capitalist nightmare.”<br />Quentin Curtis The Independent on Sunday</p><p>THE AMERICAN WIFE<br />   “A reminder that Nelson is the sharpest observer around of the gulf separating Britain and America.”<br />Michael Billington The Guardian</p>