Practical Jean

Jean wouldn't be able stand it if something unfortunate were to befall her friends--that's why decides to kill them herself before anything else can harm them. <em>Bad Marie </em>meets <em>Arsenic and Old Lace </em>in this darkly humorous story of a woman whose overpowering love for her friends moves her to murder each and every one of them. <em>Practical Jean</em> the U.S. debut of acclaimed Canadian author Trevor Cole is a biting and black comedy of middle-class mores gone murderously wrong that combines diamond-cut social satire with thoughtful contemplations of friendship (<em>Globe and Mail</em>). A deliciously dark satire with roots that spread from Jonathan Swift's <em>A Modest Proposal </em>to Tim Burton's <em>Edward Scissorhands</em> Cole's <em>Practical Jean </em>is a razor's edge dissection of relationships faithfulness and homicide. After all what are friends for? <br />