Fragments from the Big Piece is a non-linear, stylized play inspired by "eastern bloc" film noir. While exploring the dark underbelly of the drug trade, the play simultaneously tells the story of a man and a woman's crumbling relationship.

Praise for Fragments from the Big Piece:

"A teasing game of metaphysical join-the-dots in a style that recalls Kafka, George F. Walker, David Mamet, and the movie Brazil." (Books in Canada)

"If novelist Thomas Pynchon wrote for the theatre, he might write something like this. It's complex, confusing and fascinating. . ." (Laura Busheikin, The Vancouver Echo)

"Fragments from the Big Piece addresses some big intriguing issues - and attempts to do it in a new theatrical style." (Max Wyman, Vancouver Province)

Steven Heighton is the author of nine books, including the bestselling novel, The Shadow Boxer (published in five countries); essays: The Admen Move on Lhasa; and poetry: 1995 Governor General's Award finalist The Ecstasy of Skeptic and Stalin's Carnival. He lives in Kingston, Ontario. The Shadow Boxer was published in the New Face of Fiction program in 2000. Afterlands, his second novel, has just appeared with Knopf Canada and will soon appear in the USA, Britain and Australia, Germany, and the Netherlands.

Brian Kaufman's profile page